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| author | fiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b> | 2009-07-19 07:07:53 +0000 |
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| committer | fiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b> | 2009-07-19 07:07:53 +0000 |
| commit | adabf14a5f5bfcd8d0356ccbf8f54b954bbfd52c (patch) | |
| tree | c316da7e76497dd99603a7e228a41b0ac63b6316 /web/index.txt.in | |
| parent | 84fabda2f62bcfed533ad84e490ca8515d709ee5 (diff) | |
Better installation instructions on website.
git-svn-id: https://pandoc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1604 788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b
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diff --git a/web/index.txt.in b/web/index.txt.in index 8b952d4bb..faca06e78 100644 --- a/web/index.txt.in +++ b/web/index.txt.in @@ -64,16 +64,28 @@ or [try pandoc on the web](/pandoc/try). - [Examples](examples.html) - [Try pandoc online](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/try) -# Downloads +# Installing pandoc -For installation instructions for all architectures, see -[INSTALL](INSTALL.html). Pandoc is in the [MacPorts], [Debian], -[Ubuntu], [Slackware], [Arch], [NetBSD], and [FreeBSD ports] repositories. -Note that the version of pandoc in these repositories may not be the -most recent. +Pandoc is in the [MacPorts], [Debian], [Ubuntu], [Slackware], [Arch], +[NetBSD], and [FreeBSD ports] repositories. Note that the version of +pandoc in these repositories may not be the most recent. There +is also a [Windows installer]. -- [Source tarball] -- [Windows installer] +If an up-to-date package is not available for your system, an +excellent way to install the latest release of pandoc is to +install the [Haskell platform] on your system, then use the `cabal` +tool: + + cabal install pandoc + +This will download and compile pandoc and all of its dependencies. If +you want syntax highlighting support, add the flag `-fhighlighting` +(this requires that the [pcre](http://www.pcre.org/) library be +installed). If you want to install the wrapper scripts `hsmarkdown` and +`markdown2pdf`, add `-fwrappers`. + +Alternatively, you can download the [source tarball] and +follow the instructions in [INSTALL](INSTALL.html). # Extras @@ -229,4 +241,5 @@ Pandoc carries no warranties of any kind. [vim syntax file for pandoc]: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2389 [jsMath]: http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/ [WordPress EasyFilter]: http://assorted.sourceforge.net/wp-easy-filter/ +[Haskell platform]: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ |