How can I install Pandoc version 1.8.1.1?

Question

I am having trouble getting a installing version 1.8.1.1 of pandoc. The repository has version 1.5.1.1, and the 1.8.1.1 tar.gz does not come with clear instructions for installation.

I have also tried the recommendation from the pandoc page:

sudo apt-get install cabal
cabal update 
cabal install pandoc

And pandoc is installed in ~/.cabal/lib/pandoc-1.8.1.1/ although man pandoc returns

man: can't resolve /usr/share/man/man1/pandoc.1.gz: No such file or directory
No manual entry for pandoc

Any assistance appreciated

Answer 1

I am guessing, your have to extend your PATH environment variable to include

~/.cabal/bin

and then relogin afterwards.

This can be done in different ways. e.g.

editor ~/.bashrc

and add at the end

export PATH=~/.cabal/bin:$PATH

Answer 2

To give the usual sort of access (assuming ~/.cabal is world readable), do this:

sudo ln -s $HOME/.cabal/bin/* /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -s $HOME/.cabal/man/man1/*.1 /usr/local/man/man1
sudo ln -s $HOME/.cabal/man/man5/*.5 /usr/local/man/man5

This allows man pandoc, man pandoc_markdown, man markdown2pdf. You could also cp instead of ln -s, but then you'll have to repeat the copy when next you upgrade pandoc.