An alternative installation method can be used to install DITA-OT via
Homebrew, one of the most popular open-source package managers on macOS and Linux.
The steps below assume you have already installed
Homebrew according to the instructions at
brew.sh.
Tip: Verify that your
PATH environment variable begins with the
bin subfolder of the Homebrew installation directory
1 to ensure that Homebrew-installed software
takes precedence over any programs of the same name elsewhere on the system.
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Update Homebrew to make sure the latest package formulas are available on your system:
$ brew update
Already up-to-date.
Homebrew responds with a list of any new or updated formulæ.
- Optional:
Check the version of DITA-OT that is available from Homebrew:
$ brew info dita-ot
dita-ot: stable 4.3.4
DITA Open Toolkit is an implementation of the OASIS DITA specification
https://www.dita-ot.org/
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/dita-ot/4.3.4 (number of files, package size) *
Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on YYYY-MM-DD at hh:mm:ss
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/dita-ot.rb
License: Apache-2.0
==> Dependencies
Required: openjdk ✔
The version of the DITA-OT formula is shown, along with basic information on the package.
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Install the
dita-ot package:
$ brew install dita-ot
Downloading…
Homebrew will automatically download the latest version of the toolkit, install it in a subfolder of the
local package Cellar and symlink the dita command to the bin
subfolder of the Homebrew installation directory.
- Optional:
Verify the installation:
$ which dita
/opt/homebrew/bin/dita
The response confirms that the system will use the Homebrew-installed version of DITA-OT.
- Optional:
Check the DITA-OT version number:
$ dita --version
DITA-OT version 4.3.4
The DITA-OT version number appears on the console.
You can now run the dita command to transform DITA content.