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+.. _devguide_docbuild:
+
+=============================
+Building Sphinx Documentation
+=============================
+
+In order to build the documentation in the ``docs`` directory, you will need to
+have the Sphinx_ third-party Python package. The easiest way to install Sphinx
+is via pip:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    sudo pip install sphinx
+
+Additionally, you will also need two Sphinx extensions for TikZ support and
+numbering figures. The sphinxcontrib-tikz_ package should be installed directly
+from the git repository as such:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+   git clone https://bitbucket.org/philexander/tikz.git
+   cd tikz
+   sudo python setup.py install
+
+The Numfig_ package can be installed directly with pip:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+   sudo pip install sphinx-numfig
+
+-----------------------------------
+Building Documentation as a Webpage
+-----------------------------------
+
+To build the documentation as a webpage (what appears at
+http://mit-crpg.github.io/openmc), simply go to the ``docs`` directory and run:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    make html
+
+-------------------------------
+Building Documentation as a PDF
+-------------------------------
+
+To build PDF documentation, you will need to have a LaTeX distribution installed
+on your computer as well as Inkscape_, which is used to convert .svg files to
+.pdf files. Inkscape can be installed in a Debian-derivative with:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    sudo apt-get install inkscape
+
+One the pre-requisites are installed, simply go to the ``docs`` directory and
+run:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+     make latexpdf
+
+.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org
+.. _sphinxcontrib-tikz: https://bitbucket.org/philexander/tikz
+.. _Numfig: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sphinx_numfig
+.. _Inkscape: https://inkscape.org
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@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ as debugging.
     xml-parsing
     statepoint
     voxel
+    docbuild