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Zcash Protocol Specification
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Build dependencies on Debian-based systems include, at least:
.. code::
apt install python3-pip pandoc perl sed perl \
texlive texlive-science texlive-fonts-extra texlive-bibtex-extra biber latexmk
Prior to Bullseye you may also need the ``awk`` and ``texlive-generic-recommended``
packages.
For link checking, you will also need the following Python packages:
.. code::
pip3 install docutils==0.19 rst2html5 certifi PyPDF2
Building
--------
Use:
* ``make nufour`` to make the draft specification for NU4 (``nufour.pdf``);
* ``make heartwood`` to make the specification for Heartwood (``protocol.pdf``);
* ``make blossom`` to make the specification for the Blossom upgrade
(``blossom.pdf``);
* ``make sapling`` to make the specification for the Overwinter and
Sapling upgrades (``sapling.pdf``);
* ``make sprout`` to make a version of the specification that does not
include Overwinter or Sapling (``sprout.pdf``).
* ``make linkcheck`` (in the root of the repo) to build everything and also
perform link checking. This will access the network.
``make all`` is equivalent to ``make nu5 canopy heartwood blossom sapling``.
By default these use ``latexmk``. If you have trouble getting ``latexmk`` to
work, you can instead use ``make nolatexmk-sapling``, etc. That is not the
preferred way of building because it may not run ``pdflatex`` enough times.
It is also possible to use the incremental (``-pvc``) mode of ``latexmk`` to
automatically rebuild when changes in the source files are detected, by adding
``EXTRAOPT=-pvc`` to the ``make`` command line. In this case the updated PDF
files will be in the ``aux/`` directory. Manual intervention is still needed
when there are LaTeX errors.
Alternative TeX engines
-----------------------
There is experimental support for building the specification using LuaTeX
or XeTeX; see the comments at the top of the `Makefile`. However, this will
`currently produce poor output <https://github.com/zcash/zips/issues/249>`_.
A warning is included below the Abstract to indicate this.