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There are a number of (optional) extra features that Jekyll supports that you may want to install, depending on how you plan to use Jekyll.

Pygments

If you want syntax highlighting via the {% raw %}{% highlight %}{% endraw %} tag in your posts, you’ll need to install Pygments.

Installing Pygments on OSX

Mac OS X (Leopard onwards) comes preinstalled with Python, so on just about any OS X machine you can install Pygments simply by running:

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo easy_install Pygments {% endhighlight %}

Installing Pygments using Homebrew

Alternatively, you can install Pygments with Homebrew, an excellent package manager for OS X:

{% highlight bash %} $ brew install python

export PATH="/usr/local/share/python:${PATH}"

$ easy_install pip $ pip install --upgrade distribute $ pip install pygments {% endhighlight %}

Homebrew's executable paths

Homebrew doesn’t symlink the executables for you. For the Homebrew default Cellar location and Python 2.7, be sure to add `/usr/local/share/python` to your `PATH`. For more information, check out [the Homebrew wiki](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Homebrew-and-Python).

Installing Pygments using MacPorts

If you use MacPorts, you can install Pygments by running:

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo port install python25 py25-pygments {% endhighlight %}

Seriously though, you should check out Homebrew—it’s awesome.

Installing Pygments on Arch Linux

You can install Pygments using the pacman package manager as follows:

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo pacman -S python-pygments {% endhighlight %}

Or to use python2 for Pygments:

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo pacman -S python2-pygments {% endhighlight %}

Installing Pygments on Ubuntu and Debian

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo apt-get install python-pygments {% endhighlight %}

Installing Pygments on RedHat, Fedora, and CentOS

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo yum install python-pygments {% endhighlight %}

Installing Pygments on Gentoo

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo emerge -av dev-python/pygments {% endhighlight %}

LaTeX Support

Maruku comes with optional support for LaTeX to PNG rendering via blahtex (Version 0.6) which must be in your $PATH along with dvips. If you need Maruku to not assume a fixed location for dvips, check out Remi’s Maruku fork.

RDiscount

If you prefer to use RDiscount instead of Maruku for markdown, just make sure you have it installed:

{% highlight bash %} $ sudo gem install rdiscount {% endhighlight %}

And then specify RDiscount as the Markdown engine in your _config.yml file to have Jekyll run with that option.

{% highlight bash %}

In _config.yml

markdown: rdiscount {% endhighlight %}