preparing to run . create_ofBook.sh

#So you want to know your real page count?#

To build the PDF you must run ./create_ofBook.sh pdf. This script will take a few other arguments besides pdf:

• tex - generates a LaTeX file.
• html - generates the book as html.
• debug - lists detected files.

This script is not standalone, and requires the installation of a few packages. Unfortunately, those packages are currently too new to be delivered in the usual package managers like aptitude, apt-get, macports, or cygwin. [JTN: I hope I'm mistaken]

##Preparing on 64-bit ubuntu 13.10:##

Starting with a fresh installation of ubuntu, apt-get needs to be initialized.

sudo apt-get update

Now run apt-get to install what you need. **[JTN: is texlive-full necessary?]

sudo apt-get install pandoc texlive-full git gdebi

Generate an ssh-key for github repository access.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "<email-i-am-using-with-github>"

Upload ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to your github account's keys.

Now clone the ofBook repo.

cd ~/Desktop ; git clone git@github.com:openframeworks/ofBook

Manually download the following packages to ~/Downloads:

• http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/pandoc-data
• http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/libicu52
• http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/pandoc

The order matters here:

First install pandoc-data.

sudo gdebi ~/Downloads/pandoc-data_1.12.2.1-1build2_all.deb

Then install libicu52.

sudo gdebi ~/Downloads/libicu52_52.1-3_amd64.deb

Finally, install pandoc.

sudo gdebi ~/Downloads/pandoc_1.12.2.1-1build2_amd64.deb

Finally, run ./create_ofBook.sh pdf

You should see a fresh copy of ofBook.pdf sitting in ~/Desktop/ofBook.

##Preparing on OS X 10.9:##

[JTN: anyone got time to attempt this?]

##Preparing on Windows 7:##

[JTN: anyone got time to attempt this?]