= Building Documentation
:page-parent: Contributing
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// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Unikie
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later OR CC-BY-SA-4.0

Make sure you have https://nixos.org/download.html[Nix] installed.
You may also want to xref:../installation/binary-cache.adoc[configure the Spectrum
binary cache], to avoid having to wait for dependencies to compile on
your local system.

. Get a copy of the Spectrum source code:
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[source,shell]
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git clone https://spectrum-os.org/git/spectrum
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. Enter the documentation directory:
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[source,shell]
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cd spectrum/Documentation
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. Enter the development environment:
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[source,shell]
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nix-shell
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. In the development shell, do an initial build of the documentation
site:
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[source,shell]
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scripts/build.sh
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. Run a development server for previewing changes locally:
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[source,shell]
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jekyll serve
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This will serve a local copy of the documentation at http://localhost:4000/.
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IMPORTANT: Jekyll does not handle rendering of the draw.io diagrams. If you
modify any of those, or add new ones, run `scripts/build.sh` again to do a full
rebuild of the site.

After making changes to the documentation, see how to
xref:first-patch.adoc[send your patch] and submit the changes for review.