# Help a beginner to build the asciidoc docs :-D

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-a-beginner-to-build-the-asciidoc-docs-d/83159
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 21, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-a-beginner-to-build-the-asciidoc-docs-d/83159 "2017-04-21T07:43:52Z")
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### Author: ![JensMadsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@JensMadsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JensMadsen)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-a-beginner-to-build-the-asciidoc-docs-d/83159/1 "2017-04-21T07:43:52Z")

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Dear All

I am new to elasticsearch. I want to use the most recent version and I am therefore looking for the most updated version of the "Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide". I have cloned the repo but when I try to build it I get the following error message:

```auto
Building HTML from README.asciidoc

Error executing: a2x -v --icons -d book -f chunked -a showcomments=1 -a lang=en -a base_edit_url= -a root_dir=/home/yolen/tools/elastic/docs --xsl-file resources/website_chunked.xsl --asciidoc-opts -fresources/es-asciidoc.conf --destination-dir=/home/yolen/tools/elastic/docs/html_docs --xsltproc-opts --stringparam toc.max.depth '5' --xsltproc-opts --stringparam toc.section.depth '0' --xsltproc-opts --stringparam chunk.section.depth '0' --xsltproc-opts --stringparam local.book.version 'test build' --xsltproc-opts --stringparam local.book.multi_version '0' --xsltproc-opts --stringparam local.page.header '' --xsltproc-opts --stringparam local.book.section.title 'Docs/' /home/yolen/tools/elastic/docs/README.asciidoc 

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  File "/home/yolen/tools/elastic/docs/resources/asciidoc-8.6.8/a2x", line 76
    print '%s: %s' % (PROG,msg)
                 ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

```

Any help on this is greatly appreciated

Jens

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### Author: ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-a-beginner-to-build-the-asciidoc-docs-d/83159/2 "2017-04-21T12:36:25Z")

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The most recent version is automatically published on [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/master/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/master/index.html)

You don't have to build it yourself unless you are planning to contribute into it.

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### Author: ![JensMadsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@JensMadsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JensMadsen)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-a-beginner-to-build-the-asciidoc-docs-d/83159/3 "2017-04-26T12:43:37Z")

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thanks:-) As I said Im a beginner...

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-a-beginner-to-build-the-asciidoc-docs-d/83159/4 "2017-05-24T12:48:07Z")

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