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# Installing pandoc
+The simplest way to get the latest pandoc release is to use the graphical installer. Look out for the following name for your platform:
+
+- Windows: `*-windows-x86_64.msi` (unless you're still on 32-bit),
+- macOS: `*-macOS.pkg`
+- Linux: `*-amd64.deb`
+
+**[Download the latest installer][download page]**
+
+Alternative ways to install pandoc, and additional information
+for each platform, is listed below.
+
## Windows
- There is a package installer at pandoc's [download page].
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by downloading [this script][uninstaller]
and running it with `perl uninstall-pandoc.pl`.
- - 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.
-
- Alternatively, you can install pandoc using
[homebrew](http://brew.sh): `brew install pandoc`.
Note: If you are using macOS < 10.10, this method installs
pandoc from source, so it will take a long time and a lot of
disk space for the ghc compiler and dependent Haskell libraries.
+
+ - 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
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## Linux
- - First, try your package manager.
- Pandoc is in the [Debian], [Ubuntu], [Slackware],
+ - Older versions of pandoc can be installed using most package
+ managers. Pandoc is in the [Debian], [Ubuntu], [Slackware],
[Arch], [Fedora], [NiXOS], [openSUSE], and [gentoo] repositories.
- Note, however, that versions in the repositories are often
- old.
- - We provide a binary package for amd64 architecture on
- the [download page]. This provides both `pandoc` and
- `pandoc-citeproc`. The executables are statically linked and
+ - To get the latest release, we provide a binary package for amd64
+ architecture on the **[download page]**.
+
+ This provides both `pandoc` and `pandoc-citeproc`.
+ The executables are statically linked and
have no dynamic dependencies or dependencies on external
data files. Note: because of the static
linking, the pandoc binary from this package cannot use lua