Sphinx error: Unknown directive type "automodule" or "autoclass"

Question

I need to document my Python project using Sphinx. But I can't use autodoc.

When I config my project I select the option "extension autodoc", but now if I use

.. autoclass:: Class 

I get an error:

ERROR: Unknown directive type "autoclass" 

I configure the PYTHONPATH, and now it's good. But I already have this problem.

My index file is:

.. ATOM documentation master file, created by    sphinx-quickstart on Thu Nov 22 15:24:42 2012.    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least    contain the root `toctree` directive.  Welcome to ATOM's documentation! ================================  Contents:  .. toctree::    :maxdepth: 2  .. automodule:: atom  Indices and tables ==================  * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search` 

I need that someone to tell me how I can fix the problem.

Thank you

Answer 1

The same thing happened to me! To fix it, go to the line in conf.py that says something like this:

extensions = ['sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode'] 

Yours will probably look different. Anyway, add 'sphinx.ext.autodoc' to the list. e.g.

extensions = ['sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode', 'sphinx.ext.autodoc'] 

If it was:

extensions = [] 

then you'd change it to:

extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc'] 

Sources: Sphinx documentation: ERROR: Unknown directive type "program-output"