auctex on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "auctex" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install auctex on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall auctex on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "auctex" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone auctex's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/auctex.git 
            
                        
                ~/auctex
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/auctex folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/auctex
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the auctex package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1388185
Name: auctex
PackageBaseID: 140674
PackageBase: auctex
Version: 13.3-1
Description: An extensible package for writing and formatting TeX files in Emacs
URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.080439
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: buzo
Submitter: xyproto
FirstSubmitted: 1553678346
LastModified: 1705587051
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/auctex.tar.gz