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<span id="makefile"></span><h1>Makefile & <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#makefile-manage" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>All relevant build and development tasks are implemented in the
<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/manage">./manage</a> script and for CI or IDE integration a small
<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/Makefile">git://Makefile</a> wrapper is available. If you are not familiar with
Makefiles, we recommend to read <a class="reference external" href="https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Introduction">gnu-make</a> introduction.</p>
<aside class="sidebar">
<p class="sidebar-title">build environment</p>
<p>Before looking deeper at the targets, first read about <a class="reference internal" href="#make-install"><span class="std std-ref">Python environment (make install)</span></a>.</p>
<p>To install developer requirements follow <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/buildhosts.html#buildhosts"><span class="std std-ref">Buildhosts</span></a>.</p>
</aside>
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<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#python-environment-make-install" id="id14">Python environment (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code>)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#node-js-environment-make-node-env" id="id15">Node.js environment (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">node.env</span></code>)</a></p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#nvm-make-nvm-install-nvm-status" id="id16">NVM <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">nvm.install</span> <span class="pre">nvm.status</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-nvm-nodejs" id="id17"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">nvm.nodejs</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-run" id="id18"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">run</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-format-python" id="id19"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">format.python</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-clean" id="id20"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">clean</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-docs" id="id21"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs</span></code></a></p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-docs-clean-docs-live" id="id22"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs.clean</span> <span class="pre">docs.live</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-docs-gh-pages" id="id23"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs.gh-pages</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-test" id="id24"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test</span></code></a></p>
<ul>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-test-shell" id="id25"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test.shell</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-test-pylint" id="id26"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test.pylint</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-search-checker-engine-name" id="id27"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">search.checker.{engine</span> <span class="pre">name}</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-themes" id="id28"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">themes.*</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#make-static-build" id="id29"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">static.build.*</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#manage-redis-help" id="id30"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">redis.help</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#manage-go-help" id="id31"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">go.help</span></code></a></p></li>
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<p>The usage is simple, just type <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">{target-name}</span></code> to <em>build</em> a target.
Calling the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help</span></code> target gives a first overview (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">help</span></code>):</p>
<div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
<div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-0-YGBtYWtlYGA=" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-YGBtYWtlYGA=" name="YGBtYWtlYGA=" role="tab" tabindex="0"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span></code></button><button aria-controls="panel-0-YGAuL21hbmFnZWBg" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-YGAuL21hbmFnZWBg" name="YGAuL21hbmFnZWBg" role="tab" tabindex="-1"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span></code></button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-YGBtYWtlYGA=" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" id="panel-0-YGBtYWtlYGA=" name="YGBtYWtlYGA=" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>INFO: sourced NVM environment from /home/runner/.nvm
nvm.: use nvm (without dot) to execute nvm commands directly
install : install NVM locally at /home/runner/work/searxng/searxng/.nvm
clean : remove NVM installation
status : prompt some status information about nvm & node
nodejs : install Node.js latest LTS
cmd ... : run command ... in NVM environment
bash : start bash interpreter with NVM environment sourced
webapp.:
run : run developer instance
docs.:
html : build HTML documentation
live : autobuild HTML documentation while editing
gh-pages : deploy on gh-pages branch
prebuild : build reST include files (./build/docs/includes)
clean : clean documentation build
gecko.driver:
download & install geckodriver if not already installed (required for
robot_tests)
redis:
build : build redis binaries at /home/runner/work/searxng/searxng/dist/redis/6.2.6/arm64
install : create user (searxng-redis) and install systemd service (searxng-redis)
help : show more redis commands
py.:
build : Build python packages at ./dist
clean : delete virtualenv and intermediate py files
pyenv.:
install : developer install of SearXNG into virtualenv
uninstall : uninstall developer installation
cmd ... : run command ... in virtualenv
OK : test if virtualenv is OK
format.:
python : format Python code source using black
go.:
ls : list golang binary archives (stable)
golang : (re-) install golang binary in user's $HOME/local folder
install : install go package in user's $HOME/go-apps folder
bash : start bash interpreter with golang environment sourced
node.:
env : download & install SearXNG's npm dependencies locally
env.dev : download & install developer and CI tools
clean : drop locally npm installations
weblate.:
push.translations: push translation changes from SearXNG to Weblate's counterpart
to.translations: Update 'translations' branch with last additions from Weblate.
container.:
build : build container image
data.:
all : update searx/sxng_locales.py and searx/data/*
traits : update searx/data/engine_traits.json & searx/sxng_locales.py
useragents: update searx/data/useragents.json with the most recent versions of Firefox
locales : update searx/data/locales.json from babel
currencies: update searx/data/currencies.json from wikidata
test.:
yamllint : lint YAML files (YAMLLINT_FILES)
pylint : lint ./searx, ./searxng_extra and ./tests
pyright : static type check of python sources (.dev or .ci)
black : check black code format
unit : run unit tests
coverage : run unit tests with coverage
robot : run robot test
rst : test .rst files incl. README.rst
clean : clean intermediate test stuff
themes.:
all : test & build all themes
test : test all themes
fix : fix JS & CSS (LESS)
static.build.: [build] /static
commit : build & commit /static folder
drop : drop last commit if it was previously done by static.build.commit
restore : git restore of the /static folder (after themes.all)
vite.: .. to be done ..
simple.:
build: build static files of the simple theme
dev: start development server
environment ...
SEARXNG_REDIS_URL :
----
run - run developer instance
install - developer install of SearxNG into virtualenv
uninstall - uninstall developer installation
clean - clean up working tree
search.checker - check search engines
test - run shell & CI tests
test.shell - test shell scripts
ci.test - run CI tests
</pre></div>
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</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-YGAuL21hbmFnZWBg" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-0-YGAuL21hbmFnZWBg" name="YGAuL21hbmFnZWBg" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><p>The Makefile targets are implemented for comfort, if you can do without
tab-completion and need to have a more granular control, use
<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/manage">git://manage</a> without the Makefile wrappers.</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>./manage<span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">help</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></div>
<section id="python-environment-make-install">
<span id="make-install"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id14" role="doc-backlink">Python environment (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code>)</a><a class="headerlink" href="#python-environment-make-install" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<aside class="sidebar">
<p class="sidebar-title">activate environment</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">source</span> <span class="pre">./local/py3/bin/activate</span></code></p>
</aside>
<p>We do no longer need to build up the virtualenv manually. Jump into your git
working tree and release a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code> to get a virtualenv with a
<em>developer install</em> of SearXNG (<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/setup.py">git://setup.py</a>).</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ cd ~/searxng-clone
$ make install
PYENV [virtualenv] installing ./requirements*.txt into local/py3
...
PYENV [install] pip install --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e 'searx[test]'
...
Successfully installed searxng-2023.7.19+a446dea1b
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If you release <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code> multiple times the installation will only
rebuild if the sha256 sum of the <em>requirement files</em> fails. With other words:
the check fails if you edit the requirements listed in
<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/requirements-dev.txt">git://requirements-dev.txt</a> and <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/requirements.txt">git://requirements.txt</a>).</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ make install
PYENV OK
PYENV [virtualenv] requirements.sha256 failed
[virtualenv] - 6cea6eb6def9e14a18bf32f8a3e... ./requirements-dev.txt
[virtualenv] - 471efef6c73558e391c3adb35f4... ./requirements.txt
...
PYENV [virtualenv] installing ./requirements*.txt into local/py3
...
PYENV [install] pip install --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e 'searx[test]'
...
Successfully installed searxng-2023.7.19+a446dea1b
</pre></div>
</div>
<aside class="sidebar">
<p class="sidebar-title">drop environment</p>
<p>To get rid of the existing environment before re-build use <a class="reference internal" href="#make-clean"><span class="std std-ref">clean target</span></a> first.</p>
</aside>
<p>If you think, something goes wrong with your ./local environment or you change
the <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/setup.py">git://setup.py</a> file, you have to call <a class="reference internal" href="#make-clean"><span class="std std-ref">make clean</span></a>.</p>
</section>
<section id="node-js-environment-make-node-env">
<span id="make-node-env"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id15" role="doc-backlink">Node.js environment (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">node.env</span></code>)</a><a class="headerlink" href="#node-js-environment-make-node-env" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://nodejs.org/">Node.js</a> version 18.17.0 or higher is required to build the themes.
If the requirement is not met, the build chain uses <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nvm-sh">nvm</a> (Node Version
Manager) to install latest LTS of <a class="reference external" href="https://nodejs.org/">Node.js</a> locally: there is no need to
install <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nvm-sh">nvm</a> or <a class="reference external" href="https://www.npmjs.com/">npm</a> on your system.</p>
<p>To install <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nvm-sh">NVM</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://nodejs.org/">Node.js</a> in once you can use <a class="reference internal" href="#make-nvm-nodejs"><span class="std std-ref">make nvm.nodejs</span></a>.</p>
<section id="nvm-make-nvm-install-nvm-status">
<span id="make-nvm"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id16" role="doc-backlink">NVM <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">nvm.install</span> <span class="pre">nvm.status</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#nvm-make-nvm-install-nvm-status" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>Use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">nvm.status</span></code> to get the current status of your <a class="reference external" href="https://nodejs.org/">Node.js</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nvm-sh">nvm</a>
setup.</p>
<div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
<div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-1-bnZtLmluc3RhbGw=" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-1-bnZtLmluc3RhbGw=" name="bnZtLmluc3RhbGw=" role="tab" tabindex="0">nvm.install</button><button aria-controls="panel-1-bnZtLnN0YXR1cyAodWJ1MjAwNCk=" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab group-tab" id="tab-1-bnZtLnN0YXR1cyAodWJ1MjAwNCk=" name="bnZtLnN0YXR1cyAodWJ1MjAwNCk=" role="tab" tabindex="-1">nvm.status (ubu2004)</button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-bnZtLmluc3RhbGw=" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" id="panel-1-bnZtLmluc3RhbGw=" name="bnZtLmluc3RhbGw=" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">LANG</span><span class="o">=</span>C<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>nvm.install
INFO:<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">(</span>update<span class="o">)</span><span class="w"> </span>NVM<span class="w"> </span>at<span class="w"> </span>./searxng/.nvm
INFO:<span class="w"> </span>clone:<span class="w"> </span>https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.git
<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">||</span><span class="w"> </span>Cloning<span class="w"> </span>into<span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'./searxng/.nvm'</span>...
INFO:<span class="w"> </span>checkout<span class="w"> </span>v0.39.4
<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">||</span><span class="w"> </span>HEAD<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>now<span class="w"> </span>at<span class="w"> </span>8fbf8ab<span class="w"> </span>v0.39.4
</pre></div>
</div>
</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-bnZtLnN0YXR1cyAodWJ1MjAwNCk=" class="sphinx-tabs-panel group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-1-bnZtLnN0YXR1cyAodWJ1MjAwNCk=" name="bnZtLnN0YXR1cyAodWJ1MjAwNCk=" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><p>Here is the output you will typically get on a Ubuntu 20.04 system which
serves only a <a class="reference external" href="https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/">no longer active</a>
Release <a class="reference external" href="https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/nodejs">Node.js v10.19.0</a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>nvm.status
INFO:<span class="w"> </span>Node.js<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>installed<span class="w"> </span>at<span class="w"> </span>/usr/bin/node
INFO:<span class="w"> </span>Node.js<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>version<span class="w"> </span>v10.19.0
WARN:<span class="w"> </span>minimal<span class="w"> </span>Node.js<span class="w"> </span>version<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span><span class="m">16</span>.13.0
INFO:<span class="w"> </span>npm<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>installed<span class="w"> </span>at<span class="w"> </span>/usr/bin/npm
INFO:<span class="w"> </span>npm<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>version<span class="w"> </span><span class="m">6</span>.14.4
WARN:<span class="w"> </span>NVM<span class="w"> </span>is<span class="w"> </span>not<span class="w"> </span>installed
</pre></div>
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</section>
<section id="make-nvm-nodejs">
<span id="id1"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id17" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">nvm.nodejs</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-nvm-nodejs" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>Install latest <a class="reference external" href="https://nodejs.org/">Node.js</a> LTS locally (uses <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/nvm-sh">nvm</a>):</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ make nvm.nodejs
INFO: install (update) NVM at /share/searxng/.nvm
INFO: clone: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.git
...
Downloading and installing node v16.13.0...
...
INFO: Node.js is installed at searxng/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node
INFO: Node.js is version v16.13.0
INFO: npm is installed at searxng/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/npm
INFO: npm is version 8.1.0
INFO: NVM is installed at searxng/.nvm
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
</section>
<section id="make-run">
<span id="id2"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id18" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">run</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-run" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To get up a running a developer instance simply call <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">run</span></code>. This enables
<em>debug</em> option in <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/settings.yml">git://searx/settings.yml</a>, starts a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./searx/webapp.py</span></code>
instance and opens the URL in your favorite WEB browser (<a class="extlink-man reference external" href="https://manpages.debian.org/jump?q=xdg-open">xdg-open</a>):</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ make run
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Changes to theme’s HTML templates (jinja2) are instant. Changes to the CSS & JS
sources of the theme need to be rebuild. You can do that by running:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ make themes.all
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="make-format-python">
<span id="id3"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id19" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">format.python</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-format-python" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Format Python source code using <a class="reference external" href="https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style/current_style.html">Black code style</a>. See <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$BLACK_OPTIONS</span></code>
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$BLACK_TARGETS</span></code> in <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/Makefile">git://Makefile</a>.</p>
<div class="admonition attention">
<p class="admonition-title">Attention</p>
<p>We stuck at Black 22.12.0, please read comment in PR <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/2159#pullrequestreview-1284094735">Bump black from 22.12.0
to 23.1.0</a></p>
</div>
</section>
<section id="make-clean">
<span id="id4"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id20" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">clean</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-clean" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Drops all intermediate files, all builds, but keep sources untouched. Before
calling <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">clean</span></code> stop all processes using the <a class="reference internal" href="#make-install"><span class="std std-ref">Python environment (make install)</span></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="#make-node-env"><span class="std std-ref">Node.js environment (make node.env)</span></a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ make clean
CLEAN pyenv
PYENV [virtualenv] drop local/py3
CLEAN docs -- build/docs dist/docs
CLEAN themes -- locally installed npm dependencies
...
CLEAN test stuff
CLEAN common files
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="make-docs">
<span id="id5"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id21" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-docs" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Target <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">docs</span></code> builds the documentation:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>docs
HTML<span class="w"> </span>./docs<span class="w"> </span>--><span class="w"> </span>file://
DOCS<span class="w"> </span>build<span class="w"> </span>build/docs/includes
...
The<span class="w"> </span>HTML<span class="w"> </span>pages<span class="w"> </span>are<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span>dist/docs.
</pre></div>
</div>
<section id="make-docs-clean-docs-live">
<span id="make-docs-clean"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id22" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs.clean</span> <span class="pre">docs.live</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-docs-clean-docs-live" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>We describe the usage of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">doc.*</span></code> targets in the <a class="reference internal" href="contribution_guide.html#contrib-docs"><span class="std std-ref">How to contribute /
Documentation</span></a> section. If you want to edit the documentation
read our <a class="reference internal" href="contribution_guide.html#make-docs-live"><span class="std std-ref">Live build</span></a> section. If you are working in your own brand,
adjust your <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_brand.html#settings-brand"><span class="std std-ref">brand:</span></a>.</p>
</section>
<section id="make-docs-gh-pages">
<span id="id6"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs.gh-pages</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-docs-gh-pages" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p>To deploy on github.io first adjust your <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_brand.html#settings-brand"><span class="std std-ref">brand:</span></a>. For any
further read <a class="reference internal" href="contribution_guide.html#deploy-on-github-io"><span class="std std-ref">deploy on github.io</span></a>.</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="make-test">
<span id="id7"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id24" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-test" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Runs a series of tests: <a class="reference internal" href="#make-test-pylint"><span class="std std-ref">make test.pylint</span></a>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">test.pep8</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">test.unit</span></code>
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">test.robot</span></code>. You can run tests selective, e.g.:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ make test.pep8 test.unit test.shell
TEST test.pep8 OK
...
TEST test.unit OK
...
TEST test.shell OK
</pre></div>
</div>
<section id="make-test-shell">
<span id="id8"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test.shell</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-test-shell" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../admin/buildhosts.html#sh-lint"><span class="std std-ref">Lint shell scripts</span></a> / if you have changed some bash scripting run this test before
commit.</p>
</section>
<section id="make-test-pylint">
<span id="id9"></span><h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test.pylint</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-test-pylint" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://www.pylint.org/">Pylint</a> is known as one of the best source-code, bug and quality checker for the
Python programming language. The pylint profile used in the SearXNG project is
found in project’s root folder <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/.pylintrc">git://.pylintrc</a>.</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="make-search-checker-engine-name">
<span id="make-search-checker"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">search.checker.{engine</span> <span class="pre">name}</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-search-checker-engine-name" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To check all engines:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">make</span> <span class="n">search</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">checker</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To check a engine with whitespace in the name like <em>google news</em> replace space
by underline:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">make</span> <span class="n">search</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">checker</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">google_news</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To see HTTP requests and more use SEARXNG_DEBUG:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">make</span> <span class="n">SEARXNG_DEBUG</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="n">search</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">checker</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">google_news</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To filter out HTTP redirects (<a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_redirection">3xx</a>):</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">make</span> <span class="n">SEARXNG_DEBUG</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="n">search</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">checker</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">google_news</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">grep</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">A1</span> <span class="s2">"HTTP/1.1</span><span class="se">\"</span><span class="s2"> 3[0-9][0-9]"</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
<span class="n">Engine</span> <span class="n">google</span> <span class="n">news</span> <span class="n">Checking</span>
<span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">news</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">google</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">com</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">443</span> <span class="s2">"GET /search?q=life&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US%3Aen&gl=US HTTP/1.1"</span> <span class="mi">302</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">news</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">google</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">com</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">443</span> <span class="s2">"GET /search?q=life&hl=en-US&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US:en&gl=US HTTP/1.1"</span> <span class="mi">200</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="o">--</span>
<span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">news</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">google</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">com</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">443</span> <span class="s2">"GET /search?q=computer&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US%3Aen&gl=US HTTP/1.1"</span> <span class="mi">302</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">news</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">google</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">com</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">443</span> <span class="s2">"GET /search?q=computer&hl=en-US&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US:en&gl=US HTTP/1.1"</span> <span class="mi">200</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="o">--</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="make-themes">
<span id="id10"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">themes.*</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-themes" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<aside class="sidebar">
<p class="sidebar-title">further read</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="quickstart.html#devquickstart"><span class="std std-ref">Development Quickstart</span></a></p></li>
</ul>
</aside>
<p>The <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/Makefile">git://Makefile</a> targets <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">theme.*</span></code> cover common tasks to build the
theme(s). The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">themes.*</span></code> command line can be used to convenient run
common theme build tasks.</p>
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>INFO: sourced NVM environment from /home/runner/.nvm
themes.:
all : test & build all themes
test : test all themes
fix : fix JS & CSS (LESS)
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To get live builds while modifying CSS & JS use (<a class="reference internal" href="#make-run"><span class="std std-ref">make run</span></a>):</p>
<div class="highlight-sh notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">LIVE_THEME</span><span class="o">=</span>simple<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>run
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="make-static-build">
<span id="id11"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id29" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">static.build.*</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#make-static-build" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<aside class="sidebar">
<p class="sidebar-title">further read</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="quickstart.html#devquickstart"><span class="std std-ref">Development Quickstart</span></a></p></li>
</ul>
</aside>
<p>The <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/Makefile">git://Makefile</a> targets <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">static.build.*</span></code> cover common tasks to build (a
commit of) the static files. The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">static.build..*</span></code> command line
can be used to convenient run common build tasks of the static files.</p>
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>INFO: sourced NVM environment from /home/runner/.nvm
static.build.: [build] /static
commit : build & commit /static folder
drop : drop last commit if it was previously done by static.build.commit
restore : git restore of the /static folder (after themes.all)
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="manage-redis-help">
<span id="id12"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id30" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">redis.help</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#manage-redis-help" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">redis.*</span></code> command line can be used to convenient run common Redis
tasks (<a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_redis.html#redis-developer-notes"><span class="std std-ref">Redis Developer Notes</span></a>).</p>
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>INFO: sourced NVM environment from /home/runner/.nvm
redis.:
devpkg : install essential packages to compile redis
build : build redis binaries at /home/runner/work/searxng/searxng/dist/redis/6.2.6/arm64
install : create user (searxng-redis) and install systemd service (searxng-redis)
remove : delete user (searxng-redis) and remove service (searxng-redis)
shell : start bash interpreter from user searxng-redis
src : clone redis source code to <path> and checkput 6.2.6
useradd : create user (searxng-redis) at /usr/local/searxng-redis
userdel : delete user (searxng-redis)
addgrp : add <user> to group (searxng-redis)
rmgrp : remove <user> from group (searxng-redis)
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="manage-go-help">
<span id="id13"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id31" role="doc-backlink"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">go.help</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#manage-go-help" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">go.*</span></code> command line can be used to convenient run common <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(programming_language)">go
(wiki)</a> tasks.</p>
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>INFO: sourced NVM environment from /home/runner/.nvm
go.:
ls : list golang binary archives (stable)
golang : (re-) install golang binary in user's $HOME/local folder
install : install go package in user's $HOME/go-apps folder
bash : start bash interpreter with golang environment sourced
</pre></div>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#python-environment-make-install">Python environment (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code>)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#node-js-environment-make-node-env">Node.js environment (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">node.env</span></code>)</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#nvm-make-nvm-install-nvm-status">NVM <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">nvm.install</span> <span class="pre">nvm.status</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-nvm-nodejs"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">nvm.nodejs</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-run"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">run</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-format-python"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">format.python</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-clean"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">clean</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-docs"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-docs-clean-docs-live"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs.clean</span> <span class="pre">docs.live</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-docs-gh-pages"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">docs.gh-pages</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-test"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-test-shell"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test.shell</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-test-pylint"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">test.pylint</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-search-checker-engine-name"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">search.checker.{engine</span> <span class="pre">name}</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-themes"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">themes.*</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#make-static-build"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">static.build.*</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#manage-redis-help"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">redis.help</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#manage-go-help"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">./manage</span> <span class="pre">go.help</span></code></a></li>
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