How do I uninstall Pandoc in Ubuntu 19.10 (and install most recent version)

Question

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 pandoc

But when I check that everything is uninstalled by running: pandoc --version Then pandoc 2.2.3.2 pops up.

I can't seem to get rid of this old version of pandoc so that I can install a new one.

Could you advise me on how I can get rid of the old version and install the new one please.

What is the output of which pandoc and dpkg -l | grep pandoc? — N0rbert, May 15 '20 at 15:08
which pandoc gives /anaconda3/bin/pandoc . dpkg -l | grep pandoc doesn't give an output. — hossuriad, May 15 '20 at 15:31
So the anaconda causes this problem. You have to decide yourself - remove it from PATH environment variable or not. — N0rbert, May 15 '20 at 15:34
I do not know your exact use case. We have discovered the problem, now you can solve it. — N0rbert, May 15 '20 at 15:56

N0rbert · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-15T15:17:47.320

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Removing is possible by

sudo apt-get purge pandoc pandoc-citeproc pandoc-data
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge

Installation is usually as simple as visiting Pandoc site and download the latest version of deb-file as the result:

wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.9.2.1/pandoc-2.9.2.1-1-amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./pandoc-2.9.2.1-1-amd64.deb

edited May 15 '20 at 15:17

answered May 15 '20 at 15:10

N0rbert

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