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cprofitt

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Registered: 2015-02-07

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[solved] How to install the AUR

I apologise if this question is answered somewhere, but I looked at the wiki pages and I am still confused.

I am trying to install libreoffice-extension-languagetool

I am using the command:

sudo pacman -S libreoffice-extension-languagetool

I get the message: error: target not found: libreoffice-extension-languagetool

I understand that this is in the AUR, I can see it here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libr … guagetool/

I would be most appreciative of any assistance in understanding this specific situation.

I checked my pacman.conf and found what I thought indicates that the community repositor is enabled:

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

I am sure I missed something simple.

Last edited by cprofitt (2015-02-07 18:28:10)

Scimmia

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Re: [solved] How to install the AUR

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository

ewaller

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Re: [solved] How to install the AUR

Read Scimmia's link.   Understand that the AUR is not a repository.    It is a collection of build scripts that you must run yourself.  You do that by running makepkg to build local versions of packages.  Then, you install the local packages that you have built using the -U option for pacman.  AUR build scripts are not official and should be audited prior to using them (especially on mission critical systems)

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mpan

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Re: [solved] How to install the AUR

cprofitt:
After you get your grip on using AUR via makepkg, you may take a look at yaourt (@ArchWiki). It allows you to automatically rebuild packages when an update is available. It also helps a lot when building a package that has tons of dependencies coming from AUR.

Note hower that I've put an emphasize "after". While yaourt is a great tool, using it without understanding "the basic way" first is not the wisest idea. Keep ewaller's words in mind: AUR is just a place where people may put a file that basically contains a set of commands to execute. It's just like finding information on a forum on how to compile a package. You wouldn't just blindly copy-paste commands from a forum to your terminal, would you?

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cprofitt

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Registered: 2015-02-07

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Re: [solved] How to install the AUR

Thanks. Believe it or not the solution was easy... I had not noticed the actions on the right side of the page and was stuck on downloading the tarball. All set now.

jasonwryan

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Re: [solved] How to install the AUR

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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