Prerequisites

Required

Zola

Zola is the static site generator that builds the site. Install version 0.22.1 or later.

Linux (recommended):

# Download and extract
curl -sL https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/download/v0.22.1/zola-v0.22.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xz

# Move to a directory in your PATH
sudo mv zola /usr/local/bin/

# Verify
zola --version

Other platforms: See the Zola installation guide.

Git

Required for cloning the repo and managing the Serene theme (which is a git submodule).

git --version  # Should be 2.x or later

Optional

mdBook

Only needed if you want to build this documentation locally.

# Requires Rust/Cargo
cargo install mdbook

# Verify
mdbook --version

Rust / Cargo

Only needed for installing mdBook or for future WASM demo development.

See rustup.rs for installation.