Software Requirements

• Java - Needed to make PDF and PS files
• python
  
• xsltproc
  

Installation

Linux

1. Download the latest ezdocbook-X.X.X.tar.bz2
2. cd /path/to/applications
3. tar xjvf /path/to/ezdocbook-X.X.X.tar.bz2
4. Setup the environment variable EZDOCBOOK with the name of the installation directory.
1. For csh/tcsh:  Add this to your .cshrc:  setenv EZDOCBOOK /path/to/ezdocbook
   
2. For bash/sh:  Add this to your .bashrc:  export EZDOCBOOK=/path/to/ezdocbook
   
5. Copy /path/to/ezdocbook/ezdoc to /usr/bin

Windows

1. Install Cygwin and make sure to install docbook
2. Follow the Linux instructions
   

MacOS X

1. Install docbook from fink.sourceforge.net
   
2. Follow the Linux intructions
   

Usage

Linux

1. Go to the directory of your choice
2. Type:  ezdoc create my_book
3. Type: cd my_book
4. Edit your my_book.xml
5. Once finished, you can just type:  
6.   ezdoc pdf my_book.xml
7. or:  ezdoc txt my_book.xml
8. or:  ezdoc html my_book.xml
9. or:  ezdoc htmlchunk my_book.xml