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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 0777ba166..aae630838 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -3,22 +3,18 @@ ## Windows - There is a package installer at pandoc's [download page]. + This will install pandoc, replacing older versions, and + update your path to include the directory where pandoc's + binaries are installed. + + - If you prefer not to use the msi installer, we also provide + a zip file that contains pandoc's binaries and + documentation. Simply unzip this file and move the binaries + to a directory of your choice. - For PDF output, you'll also need to install LaTeX. We recommend [MiKTeX](http://miktex.org/). - - If you'd prefer, you can extract the `pandoc` and `pandoc-citeproc` - executables from the MSI and copy them directly to any directory, - without running the installer. Here is an example showing how to - extract the executables from the pandoc-1.19.1 installer and copy - them to `C:\Utils\Console\`: - - mkdir "%TEMP%\pandoc\" - start /wait msiexec.exe /a pandoc-1.19.1-windows.msi /qn targetdir="%TEMP%\pandoc\" - copy /y "%TEMP%\pandoc\pandoc.exe" C:\Utils\Console\ - copy /y "%TEMP%\pandoc\pandoc-citeproc.exe" C:\Utils\Console\ - rmdir /s /q "%TEMP%\pandoc\" - ## macOS - You can install pandoc using @@ -29,15 +25,10 @@ by downloading [this script][uninstaller] and running it with `perl uninstall-pandoc.pl`. - - It is possible to extract the pandoc and pandoc-citeproc - executables from the macOS pkg file, if you'd rather not run - the installer. To do this (for the version 1.19.1 package): - - mkdir pandoc-extract - cd pandoc-extract - xar -x -f ../pandoc-2.0-macOS.pkg - cat pandoc.pkg/Payload | gunzip -dc | cpio -i - # executables are now in ./usr/bin/, man pages in ./usr/share/man + - We also provide a zip file containing the binaries and man + pages, for those who prefer not to use the installer. Simply + unzip the file and move the binaries and man pages to + whatever directory you like. - For PDF output, you'll also need LaTeX. Because a full [MacTeX] installation takes more than a gigabyte of disk space, we recommend |