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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index bbe16fbe3..ad315a3d0 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ Note, however, that versions in the repositories are often old. - - For 64-bit [Debian] and [Ubuntu], we provide a debian package - on the [download page]. + - 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. Both a tarball and a deb + installer are provided. sudo dpkg -i $DEB @@ -64,14 +67,19 @@ install the `pandoc` and `pandoc-citeproc` executables and man pages. + Note: because it is statically linked, the pandoc + binary from this package cannot use lua filters that + require external lua modules written in C. + - If you use an RPM-based distro, you may be - able to install this deb using `alien`, or try + able to install the deb from our download page + using `alien`. Or try ar p $DEB data.tar.gz | sudo tar xvz --strip-components 2 -C /usr/local - If you'd rather install pandoc in your home directory, say - in `$HOME/.local`, then you can extract the files manually - from the deb: + in `$HOME/.local`, then you can unzip the tarball or + extract the files manually from the deb: ar p $DEB data.tar.gz | tar xvz --strip-components 2 -C $HOME/.local/ |