How To Install pandoc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pandoc
on CentOS 7.
What is pandoc
Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. It can read markdown and (subsets of) HTML, reStructuredText, LaTeX, DocBook, MediaWiki markup, Haddock markup, OPML, and Textile, and it can write markdown, reStructuredText, HTML, LaTeX, ConTeXt, Docbook, OPML, OpenDocument, ODT, Word docx, RTF, MediaWiki, Textile, groff man pages, plain text, Emacs Org-Mode, AsciiDoc, EPUB (v2 and v3), FictionBook2, and several kinds of HTML/javascript slide shows (S5, Slidy, Slideous, DZSlides, reveal.js). Pandoc extends standard markdown syntax with footnotes, embedded LaTeX, definition lists, tables, and other features. A compatibility mode is provided for those who need a drop-in replacement for Markdown.pl. For pdf output please also install pandoc-pdf.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install pandoc
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pandoc.
Install pandoc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install pandoc
using yum
by running the following command:
Install pandoc on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install pandoc
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall pandoc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pandoc
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pandoc
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.