install.pandoc {installr} | R Documentation |
Downloads and installs pandoc
Description
Downloads and installs the latest version of pandoc for Windows.
Usage
install.pandoc(
URL = "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases",
use_regex = TRUE,
to_restart,
...
)
Arguments
URL |
a link to the list of download links of pandoc |
use_regex |
(default TRUE) - deprecated (kept for legacy purposes). |
to_restart |
boolean. Should the computer be restarted after pandoc is installed? (if missing then the user is prompted for a decision) |
... |
extra parameters to pass to install.URL |
Details
pandoc is a free open source software for converting documents from many filetypes to many filetypes. For details, see https://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/.
Credit: the code in this function is based on GERGELY DAROCZIs coding in his answer on the Q&A forum StackOverflow, and also G. Grothendieck for the non-XML addition to the function. I thank them both!
Value
TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.
Author(s)
GERGELY DAROCZI, G. Grothendieck, Tal Galili
Source
Examples
## Not run:
install.pandoc()
## End(Not run)