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# pygments: Generic syntax highlighter

## Description

Pygments is a syntax highlighting package written in Python.

It is a generic syntax highlighter suitable for use in code hosting, forums, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code. Highlights are:

- a wide range of over 300 languages and other text formats is supported

- special attention is paid to details, increasing quality by a fair amount

- support for new languages and formats are added easily

- a number of output formats, presently HTML, LaTeX, RTF, SVG, all image formats that PIL supports and ANSI sequences

- it is usable as a command-line tool and as a library

## License

BSD-2-Clause

## Upstream Contact

https://pypi.org/project/Pygments/

## Type

standard

## Dependencies

- $(PYTHON)

- pip: Tool for installing and managing Python packages

## Version Information

package-version.txt:

    2.18.0

version_requirements.txt:

    pygments >=2.12

## Equivalent System Packages

Arch Linux

    $ sudo pacman -S python-pygments

conda-forge

    $ conda install pygments

Debian/Ubuntu

    $ sudo apt-get install python3-pygments

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

    $ sudo dnf install python3-pygments

Gentoo Linux

    $ sudo emerge dev-python/pygments

Homebrew

    $ brew install pygments

MacPorts

    $ sudo port install py-pygments

openSUSE

    $ sudo zypper install python3\$\{PYTHON_MINOR\}-pygments

Void Linux

    $ sudo xbps-install python3-Pygments

See https://repology.org/project/pygments/versions, https://repology.org/project/python:pygments/versions

If the system package is installed and if the (experimental) option `--enable-system-site-packages` is passed to `./configure`, then `./configure` will check if the system package can be used.