On 11/05/20, Raj Kombiyil via aur-general wrote: > Dear all, > Greetings! > Just finished my maiden install of arch-linux on my laptop, with my share > of headache. But things are running alright now, I guess. It's kind of > difficult to find packages in one place -- e.g.; I could install gedit > easily (via pacman), but couldn't find the LaTeX plugin. Searching, I see > it is in AUR: > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gedit-latex > I see that in the comments section, there's some issue. The package is > updated in 2017 last. I know all these will be voluntary work and maybe > people don't need this plugin much. For me, I could compile LaTeX source on > the fly, using gedit with this plugin. What should I do to install this > package? > I was hoping just to install and move on with my work. I am into science > computing and don't have the knowledge base to make this work/make packages > etc. I read good things about Arch, so I picked it. Apologies, I am > thankful for the great work all the developers/volunteers do, but at this > moment I just would like something that works. > Thank you for your time and any help would be greatly appreciated. > Raj
Hi Raj, See the wiki page regarding AUR and pay extra attention on the rerequisites: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages Many use AUR helpers (which come with a big disclaimer that they are not officially supported) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers I'd recommend familirize yourself with manual building (use of makepkg) before investing time in an AUR helper. Cheers, Leonidas -- Leonidas Spyropoulos A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?