opendetex on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "opendetex" 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 opendetex on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall opendetex on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "opendetex" 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 opendetex's git locally


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


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

ID: 1126323
Name: opendetex
PackageBaseID: 111594
PackageBase: opendetex
Version: 2.8.9-1
Description: Improved version of Detex - tool for extracting plain text from TeX and LaTeX sources (Piotr Kubowicz's fork)
URL: https://github.com/pkubowicz/opendetex
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: akobel
Submitter: akobel
FirstSubmitted: 1464042393
LastModified: 1660572799
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/opendetex.tar.gz