texbuild-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "texbuild-git" 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 texbuild-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                texbuild-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall texbuild-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                texbuild-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "texbuild-git" 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 texbuild-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1405936
Name: texbuild-git
PackageBaseID: 70452
PackageBase: texbuild-git
Version: r34.1c25a29-1
Description: This small script continuously builds a latex file in the background. It only overwrites the target pdf file upon a successful and complete build allowing to continuously watch the PDF in PDF viewer.
URL: https://github.com/pbiggar/texbuild
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.490592
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: micwoj92
Submitter: FredericChopin
FirstSubmitted: 1369733263
LastModified: 1707372206
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/texbuild-git.tar.gz