@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@
5555 Note, however, that versions in the repositories are often
5656 old.
5757
58− - For 64-bit [Debian] and [Ubuntu], we provide a debian package
59− on the [download page].
58+ - We provide a binary package for amd64 architecture on
59+ the download page. This provides both pandoc and
60+ pandoc-citeproc. The executables are statically linked and
61+ have no dynamic dependencies. Both a tarball and a deb
62+ installer are provided.
6063
6164 sudo dpkg -i $DEB
6265
@@ -64,14 +67,19 @@
6467 install the `pandoc` and `pandoc-citeproc` executables
6568 and man pages.
6669
70+ Note: because it is statically linked, the pandoc
71+ binary from this package cannot use lua filters that
72+ require external lua modules written in C.
73+
6774 - If you use an RPM-based distro, you may be
68− able to install this deb using `alien`, or try
75+ able to install the deb from our download page
76+ using `alien`. Or try
6977
7078 ar p $DEB data.tar.gz | sudo tar xvz --strip-components 2 -C /usr/local
7179
7280 - If you'd rather install pandoc in your home directory, say
73− in `$HOME/.local`, then you can extract the files manually
74− from the deb:
81+ in `$HOME/.local`, then you can unzip the tarball or
82+ extract the files manually from the deb:
7583
7684 ar p $DEB data.tar.gz | tar xvz --strip-components 2 -C $HOME/.local/
7785