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Pandoc is an open-source tool to convert between types of documents

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Converting EPUB to PDF using Pandoc

I want to convert my test.epub to PDF format using Pandoc. I tried (given here) pandoc -f epub -t test.epub -o outfile.pdf which throws the following error: cannot produce pdf output from pdf I ...
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Install Pandoc (required for docverter)

For the life of me I can't figure out how to install pandoc. I tried the approach recommended on its Github repo as well as all 3 approaches recommended on the pandoc site. I'm installing on Ubuntu 12....
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How can I convert this epub file to pdf?

I have tried Calibre to convert an epub file to pdf, following https://askubuntu.com/a/299752/ ebook-convert /tmp/1.epub 1.pdf but it fails with many errors. $ ebook-convert --version ..ebook-convert-...
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How to convert Markdown to PDF (with word wrapping)

Using pandoc like: pandoc -o output.pdf input.md does not give me a result with word-wrapping. For instance, three liner input.md looks like the following: # Introduction Lorem ipsum dolor sit ...
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Why does pandoc not generate a table of content in a LXC container?

I have a problem with pandoc not generating a table of content correclty. Here is my workflow: I create a Markdown file with the content of a web page. I version my project with Git. I git push to my ...
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Issues installing pandoc 2.3.1 in Ubuntu 18.04.1

I am trying to install pandoc 2.3.1 in my Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. First, I remove any old pandoc version (in my case is pandoc 1.19.2.1) manolo@manolo:~$ sudo apt-get remove pandoc Reading package ...
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Using pandoc-crossref on Ubuntu 20.04

I am using pandoc to convert a LaTeX document to Word format. The source document contains various cross-references that need to be kept in the output. However, when the cross-references filter is ...
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Installing Pandoc with dpkg instead of apt [duplicate]

Since the apt pandoc is still version 1.19 I thought I would try to install it from here https://packages.debian.org/buster/amd64/pandoc/download. But something went wrong: $ sudo dpkg -i /tmp/...
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How do I uninstall Pandoc in Ubuntu 19.10 (and install most recent version)

I have an old version of Pandoc installed, but I'd like to install the latest version of Pandoc. To begin I've run the following to get rid of the old version: sudo apt-get autoremove --purge ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 How To Get Pandoc Making PDF Files?

Install pandoc: $ sudo apt install texlive-latex-base pandoc Use pandoc to make pdf from a Markdown file: $ pandoc file.md -o file.pdf Error message: kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecrm1000 /usr/...
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How to get Ubuntu to recognize new installed Pandoc version?

I want to install a new pandoc version. I followed the procedure outlined here. mark@server:~$ sudo cabal install pandoc pandoc-citeproc This worked out. But when checking on the installed version I ...
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Get Firefox to reopen same file on disk (for testing)

I am writing documentation using Pandoc, with a view to having it be viewed in HTML eventually on my web site. During development I want to test how the results look locally, so I have a build command ...
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Problem in converting math in Latex to epub using pandoc

Latex code in my tex file: $\frac{\partial H}{\partial q_i}$ $=$ $\dot{P}_i$, $\frac{\partial H}{\partial P_i} =\dot{q}_i$ I have given the following command in terminal pandoc -s science.tex -o ...
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Trying to install pandoc via cabal install fails

Since the pandoc package in the repository is outdated, I would like to install it via cabal-install. I ran cabal update, and then cabal install pandoc which fails with: cabal: Couldn't read cabal ...
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pandoc on Ubuntu can't use beamer

I'm using pandoc to author slides. I'd like to see how the beamer PDF output looks, but I'm getting an error: $ pandoc -t beamer talk.txt -o talk.pdf pandoc: Unknown writer: beamer Any ideas?