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SISU - SISU INFORMATION STRUCTURING UNIVERSE / STRUCTURED INFORMATION,
SERIALIZED UNITS - QUICKSTART, INSTALLATION AND USE,
RALPH AMISSAH
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QUICKSTART - SISU INSTALLATION AND USE
======================================

1. QUICKSTART - GETTING STARTED HOWTO
-------------------------------------

1.1 INSTALLATION
................

Installation is currently most straightforward and tested on the *Debian*
platform, as there are packages for the installation of sisu and all
requirements for what it does.


1.1.1 DEBIAN INSTALLATION
.........................

*SiSU* is available directly from the *Debian* Sid and testing archives (and
possibly Ubuntu), assuming your /etc/apt/sources.list is set accordingly:



    aptitude update
    aptitude install sisu-complete

The following /etc/apt/sources.list setting permits the download of additional
markup samples:



  #/etc/apt/sources.list
    deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
    deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
  d

The aptitude commands become:



    aptitude update
    aptitude install sisu-complete sisu-markup-samples

If there are newer versions of *SiSU* upstream of the *Debian* archives, they
will be available by adding the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list



  #/etc/apt/sources.list
    deb http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free
    deb-src http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free

repeat the aptitude commands



    aptitude update
    aptitude install sisu-complete sisu-markup-samples

Note however that it is not necessary to install sisu-complete if not all
components of sisu are to be used. Installing just the package sisu will
provide basic functionality.


1.1.2 RPM INSTALLATION
......................

RPMs are provided though untested, they are prepared by running alien against
the source package, and against the debs.


They may be downloaded from:


  <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/download.html#rpm>


as root type:


  rpm -i [rpm package name]


1.1.3 INSTALLATION FROM SOURCE
..............................

To install *SiSU* from source check information at:


  <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/download.html#current>


* download the source package


* Unpack the source


Two alternative modes of installation from source are provided, setup.rb (by
Minero Aoki) and a rant(by Stefan Lang) built install file, in either case: the
first steps are the same, download and unpack the source file:


For basic use *SiSU* is only dependent on the programming language in which it
is written *Ruby*, and *SiSU* will be able to generate html, various XMLs,
including ODF (and will also produce LaTeX). Dependencies required for further
actions, though it relies on the installation of additional dependencies which
the source tarball does not take care of, for things like using a database
(postgresql or sqlite)[^1] or converting LaTeX to pdf.


- [1]: There is nothing to stop MySQL support being added in future.

*setup.rb*


This is a standard ruby installer, using setup.rb is a three step process. In
the root directory of the unpacked *SiSU* as root type:



      ruby setup.rb config
      ruby setup.rb setup
      #[and as root:]
      ruby setup.rb install

further information on setup.rb is available from:


  <http://i.loveruby.net/en/projects/setup/>


  <http://i.loveruby.net/en/projects/setup/doc/usage.html>


*"install"*


The "install" file provided is an installer prepared using "rant". In the root
directory of the unpacked *SiSU* as root type:


  ruby install base


or for a more complete installation:


  ruby install


or


  ruby install base


This makes use of Rant (by Stefan Lang) and the provided Rantfile. It has been
configured to do post installation setup setup configuration and generation of
first test file. Note however, that additional external package dependencies,
such as tetex-extra are not taken care of for you.


Further information on "rant" is available from:


  <http://make.rubyforge.org/>


  <http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=615>


For a list of alternative actions you may type:


  ruby install help


  ruby install -T


1.2 TESTING SISU, GENERATING OUTPUT
...................................

To check which version of sisu is installed:


sisu -v


Depending on your mode of installation one or a number of markup sample files
may be found either in the directory:


...


or


...


change directory to the appropriate one:


cd /usr/share/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg


1.2.1 BASIC TEXT, PLAINTEXT, HTML, XML, ODF
...........................................

Having moved to the directory that contains the markup samples (see
instructions above if necessary), choose a file and run sisu against it


sisu -NhwoabxXyv free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst


this will generate html including a concordance file, opendocument text format,
plaintext, XHTML and various forms of XML, and OpenDocument text


1.2.2 LATEX / PDF
.................

Assuming a LaTeX engine such as tetex or texlive is installed with the required
modules (done automatically on selection of sisu-pdf in *Debian*)


Having moved to the directory that contains the markup samples (see
instructions above if necessary), choose a file and run sisu against it


sisu -pv free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst


sisu -3 free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst


should generate most available output formats: html including a concordance
file, opendocument text format, plaintext, XHTML and various forms of XML, and
OpenDocument text and pdf


1.2.3 RELATIONAL DATABASE - POSTGRESQL, SQLITE
..............................................

Relational databases need some setting up - you must have permission to create
the database and write to it when you run sisu.


Assuming you have the database installed and the requisite permissions


sisu --sqlite --recreate


sisu --sqlite -v --import
free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst


sisu --pgsql --recreate


sisu --pgsql -v --import
free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst


1.3 GETTING HELP
................

1.3.1 THE MAN PAGES
...................

Type:


  man sisu


The man pages are also available online, though not always kept as up to date
as within the package itself:


* sisu.1 [link:] <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man/sisu.1> [^2]


- [2]: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man/sisu.1>

* sisu.8 [link:] <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man/sisu.8> [^3]


- [3]: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man/sisu.8>

* man directory [link:] <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man> [^4]


- [4]: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/man>

1.3.2 BUILT IN HELP
...................

sisu --help


sisu --help --env


sisu --help --commands


sisu --help --markup


1.3.3 THE HOME PAGE
...................

<http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu>


<http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU>


1.4 MARKUP SAMPLES
..................

A number of markup samples (along with output) are available off:


<http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/2.html>


Additional markup samples are packaged separately in the file:


***


On *Debian* they are available in non-free[^5] to include them it is necessary
to include non-free in your /etc/apt/source.list or obtain them from the sisu
home site.


- [5]: the *Debian* Free Software guidelines require that everything distributed
 within *Debian* can be changed - and the documents are authors' works that
 while freely distributable are not freely changeable.

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	title:  SiSU - SiSU information Structuring Universe / Structured
               information, Serialized Units - Quickstart, installation and use

	creator:  Ralph Amissah

	rights:  Copyright (C) Ralph Amissah 2007, part of SiSU documentation,
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