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33## Windows
44
55 - There is a package installer at pandoc's [download page].
6+ This will install pandoc, replacing older versions, and
7+ update your path to include the directory where pandoc's
8+ binaries are installed.
9+
10+ - If you prefer not to use the msi installer, we also provide
11+ a zip file that contains pandoc's binaries and
12+ documentation. Simply unzip this file and move the binaries
13+ to a directory of your choice.
614
715 - For PDF output, you'll also need to install LaTeX.
816 We recommend [MiKTeX](http://miktex.org/).
917
10− - If you'd prefer, you can extract the `pandoc` and `pandoc-citeproc`
11− executables from the MSI and copy them directly to any directory,
12− without running the installer. Here is an example showing how to
13− extract the executables from the pandoc-1.19.1 installer and copy
14− them to `C:\Utils\Console\`:
15−
16− mkdir "%TEMP%\pandoc\"
17− start /wait msiexec.exe /a pandoc-1.19.1-windows.msi /qn targetdir="%TEMP%\pandoc\"
18− copy /y "%TEMP%\pandoc\pandoc.exe" C:\Utils\Console\
19− copy /y "%TEMP%\pandoc\pandoc-citeproc.exe" C:\Utils\Console\
20− rmdir /s /q "%TEMP%\pandoc\"
21−
2218## macOS
2319
2420 - You can install pandoc using
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2925 by downloading [this script][uninstaller]
3026 and running it with `perl uninstall-pandoc.pl`.
3127
32− - It is possible to extract the pandoc and pandoc-citeproc
33− executables from the macOS pkg file, if you'd rather not run
34− the installer. To do this (for the version 1.19.1 package):
35−
36− mkdir pandoc-extract
37− cd pandoc-extract
38− xar -x -f ../pandoc-2.0-macOS.pkg
39− cat pandoc.pkg/Payload | gunzip -dc | cpio -i
40− # executables are now in ./usr/bin/, man pages in ./usr/share/man
28+ - We also provide a zip file containing the binaries and man
29+ pages, for those who prefer not to use the installer. Simply
30+ unzip the file and move the binaries and man pages to
31+ whatever directory you like.
4132
4233 - For PDF output, you'll also need LaTeX. Because a full [MacTeX]
4334 installation takes more than a gigabyte of disk space, we recommend