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pandoc - Universal document converter ChangeLog

Web site:	https://pandoc.org/
Repository:	https://github.com/jgm/pandoc

HOWTO

# Pandoc 3.6.3 - binary
# ============
# Get the binary tarball
cd
test -f ~/installed/pandoc-3.6.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz &&
mv -f ~/installed/pandoc-3.6.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz .
test ! -f pandoc-3.6.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz &&
wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.6.3/\
pandoc-3.6.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Extract the binary distribution
mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/src
cd ~/src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "pandoc-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xzvf ~/pandoc-3.6.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz
cd pandoc-3.6.3
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# Make sure this works
bin/pandoc --version

# Become root to install it
su

# Install it using /usr/local/man instead
install bin/pandoc /usr/local/bin/
( cd /usr/local/bin
  ln -sf pandoc pandoc-lua
  ln -sf pandoc pandoc-server )
install -m 0644 share/man/man1/pandoc.1.gz \
/usr/local/man/man1/
install -m 0644 share/man/man1/pandoc-lua.1.gz \
/usr/local/man/man1/
install -m 0644 share/man/man1/pandoc-server.1.gz \
/usr/local/man/man1/

# Become your non-root user again
exit

# Save the tarball for later
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/pandoc-*-linux-amd64.tar.gz
mv -f pandoc-*-linux-amd64.tar.gz installed/

# Pandoc 3.6.3 - using Stack
# ============
# Prerequisites:
# stack >= 1.7.0

# ANN: pandoc 3.6.3
# GitHub Releases: pandoc 3.6.3
# pandoc release notes 3.6.3
# pandoc: Conversion between markup formats
# Installing pandoc 3.6.3 (INSTALL.md)

# If getting it from GitHub doesn't work out, you can also get it here:
# https://hackage.haskell.org/package/pandoc-3.6.3/pandoc-3.6.3.tar.gz
# https://hackage.haskell.org/package/pandoc

# Get the tarball
cd
test -f installed/pandoc-3.6.3.tar.gz &&
mv -f installed/pandoc-3.6.3.tar.gz .
test ! -f pandoc-3.6.3.tar.gz &&
wget -O pandoc-3.6.3.tar.gz \
  https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/archive/refs/tags/3.6.3.tar.gz

# Extract the source
mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/src
cd ~/src
tar xzvf ~/pandoc-3.6.3.tar.gz
cd pandoc-3.6.3
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# Read ./README.md, ./INSTALL.md, and if upgrading ./changelog.md

# If you want to install it as root, become root
# All files will end up in ~/.stack

# Download the ghc compiler
stack setup

# Install pandoc
stack install pandoc-cli

# Become root
su

# Update your PATH to include ~/.local/bin
echo '#!/bin/sh' > /etc/profile.d/stack.sh
echo 'test -d "$HOME/.local/bin" && PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH' >> \
/etc/profile.d/stack.sh
chmod 755 /etc/profile.d/stack.sh

# Become your non-root self again
exit

# Save the tarball for later
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/pandoc-*.tar.gz
mv -f pandoc-*.tar.gz installed/