Re: problems installing git docs and gitweb on centos 5.5

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 30, 2010, 02:40 UTC
Message-ID: <20100930024059.GA2373@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <4CA3EFE6.2010306@brainstorm-digital.com>

(-cc: security@centos)

Hi Dennis,

Dennis Huynh wrote:

> Am I the only one having issues installing git docs?

Here's my advice:

 1. Breathe in, breathe out.
 2. Look at the INSTALL file, section beginning "To build and install
    documentation suite".  Among other things, it describes how to
    retrieve pre-formatted documentation from the git.git repository
    itself.  So you can try:

	git clone git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
	cd git
	make quick-install-doc

    after installing git, which should be relatively painless.
 3. Look at gitweb/INSTALL.  The moment something seems unclear, note
    that, so we can come up with a patch to make it clearer for the
    next person.

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>                                                              I then
> 'make install-doc' again and get an 'nbsp' not defined error.

I suspect you do not have docbook XSL installed completely. Given a more specific error message, maybe someone on this list could help.

> Also, is there anywhere I can get better documentation on installing
> gitweb and gitosis running properly?

I've never tried gitosis, but some gitosis users were very active on #git when I last visited. Maybe they could help?

The usual advice applies here, too: where the README is unclear, please do let Tommi Virtanen know. After an aha moment this might a good way to make sure you are really on the right.

Hope that helps, Jonathan