.. _spkg_pygments:

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)
- :ref:`spkg_pip`

Version Information
-------------------

package-version.txt::

    2.18.0

version_requirements.txt::

    pygments >=2.12


Equivalent System Packages
--------------------------

.. tab:: Arch Linux

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo pacman -S python-pygments 


.. tab:: conda-forge

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ conda install pygments 


.. tab:: Debian/Ubuntu

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo apt-get install python3-pygments 


.. tab:: Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo dnf install python3-pygments 


.. tab:: Gentoo Linux

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo emerge dev-python/pygments 


.. tab:: Homebrew

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ brew install pygments 


.. tab:: MacPorts

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ sudo port install py-pygments 


.. tab:: openSUSE

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

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


.. tab:: Void Linux

   .. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

       $ 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.

