安装

1. 安装 gitbook-cli

Requirements

Installing GitBook is easy and straightforward. Your system just needs to meet these two requirements:

NodeJS (v4.0.0 and above is recommended)
Windows, Linux, Unix, or Mac OS X

Install with NPM

The best way to install GitBook is viaNPM. At the terminal prompt, simply run the following command to install GitBook:

$ npm install gitbook-cli -g

【注】按下面的步骤使用 GitBook Editor 的话文档里面的 gitbook init 操作就不需要了

2. 安装 GitBook Editor

下载：https://legacy.gitbook.com/editor 并安装
启动后界面如下

gitbook_01.png

首先设置下 GitBook 库路径，操作如下：
GitBook Editor -> Change Library Path
选择一个合适的路径即可(请注意“合适的路径”, windows 上使用默认路径 gitbook serve 可能会报错) ；
不需要登录，选择 login 下面的 Do that later 跳过即可；
如下图所示，点击 + New Book 即可开始编辑文档了，具体使用参考开头的连接

gitbook_02.png

进入新建的文档根目录，可以执行 gitbook-cli 的相关命令

gitbook help
   build [book] [output]       build a book
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)
       --format                Format to build to (Default is website; Values are website, json, ebook)
       --[no-]timing           Print timing debug information (Default is false)

   serve [book] [output]       serve the book as a website for testing
       --port                  Port for server to listen on (Default is 4000)
       --lrport                Port for livereload server to listen on (Default is 35729)
       --[no-]watch            Enable file watcher and live reloading (Default is true)
       --[no-]live             Enable live reloading (Default is true)
       --[no-]open             Enable opening book in browser (Default is false)
       --browser               Specify browser for opening book (Default is )
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)
       --format                Format to build to (Default is website; Values are website, json, ebook)

   install [book]              install all plugins dependencies
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)

   parse [book]                parse and print debug information about a book
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)

   init [book]                 setup and create files for chapters
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)

   pdf [book] [output]         build a book into an ebook file
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)

   epub [book] [output]        build a book into an ebook file
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)
       
   mobi [book] [output]        build a book into an ebook file
       --log                   Minimum log level to display (Default is info; Values are debug, info, warn, error, disabled)