microsoft / microsoft/markitdown

Missing quotes in pypi.org

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Description

Installation instruction on pypi.org suggest to install package using:
pip install markitdown[all]. This doesn't work.

The readme file on github suggests:
pip install 'markitdown[all]'. This does work.

subtle but might make a difference.

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Locate the source for the pypi.org installation instructions and compare it with the GitHub README command. Update the published instruction so the extras specifier is quoted, then verify that the rendered PyPI page shows the corrected command.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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1/5
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Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
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