This book is interactive. Is designed to be navigated with a modern web browser that supports WebGL technology (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, between others). But you may encounter the situation that you don't have a computer with no GPU card or not internet. If that's the case the following sections can help you.
This book is designed to be navigated with a modern web browser that supports WebGL technology (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, between others). But you may encounter the situation that you don't have a computer with no GPU card or not internet. If that's the case the following sections can help you.
## Navigate this book off-line?
## How can I navigate this book off-line?
Let’s say you have a long trip and you want to use it to teach yourself some shaders. In that case you can make a local copy of this book on your computer and run a local server.
For that you only need Python 2.6 and a git client. On MacOS and Linux computers Python is installed by default but you still need to install a git client. For that:
For that you only need Python 2.6 and a git client. On MacOS and RaspberryPi computers Python is installed by default but you still need to install a git client. For that:
In **MacOSX** be sure to have [homebrew](http://brew.sh/) installed and then on your terminal do:
Let’s say you don’t want to navigate or interact with the examples and you just want a good old fashion text book which you can read on the beach or on your commute to the city. In that case you can print this book.
#### Installing glslViewer
For printing this book you need first to parse it. For that you will need [```glslViewer```](https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/glslViewer) a console shader tool that will compile and transform the shader examples into images.
In **MacOSX** get sure to have [homebrew](http://brew.sh/) installed and then on your terminal do:
For parsing the Markdown chapters into Latex and then into a PDF file we will use Xetex Latex Engine and Pandoc.
In **MacOSX**:
Download and Install [basictex & MacTeX-Additions](http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html) and then install [Pandoc](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) by:
```bash
brew install pandoc
```
On **RaspberryPi**:
```bash
sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex pandoc
```
#### Compile the book into a pdf and print it
Now that you have all you need, it is time to clone [the repository of this book](https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/thebookofshaders) and compile the book.