Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.4

Chapter 11. General Utilities

Asciidoc-8.6.9

Introduction to Asciidoc

The Asciidoc package is a text document format for writing notes, documentation, articles, books, ebooks, slideshows, web pages, man pages and blogs. AsciiDoc files can be translated to many formats including HTML, PDF, EPUB, and man page.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

Package Information

Asciidoc Dependencies

Required (Run time)

Python-2.7.15

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/asciidoc

Installation of Asciidoc

Install Asciidoc by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/asciidoc-8.6.9 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
make docs

Contents

Installed Programs: a2x (symlink to a2x.py), a2x.py, asciidoc (symlink to asciidoc.py), and asciidoc.py
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/asciidoc

Short Descriptions

a2x

is a toolchain manager for AsciiDoc (converts Asciidoc text files to other file formats).

asciidoc

converts an AsciiDoc text file to HTML or DocBook

Last updated on 2019-02-15 13:01:29 -0800