Arara is a tool to automate your LaTeX workflow. It comes pre-installed with TeXLive 2012
. However, I could not find any reference on how to install it on MikTeX / Windows. In the documentation it says, that there is an executable on the github page, but there is none. MikTeX does not have it in their repository either.
How to install Arara
on Windows?
Best Answer
Well, it depends on which distribution you use:
1) TeX Live 2012: Just update via Package Manager,
arara
is part of TeX Live 2012.2) MikTeX: Under the assumption that MikTeX does not provide
arara
(I only use TeX Live) doa) Get the installer from BinTray, under the Downloads section (at the time of this writing, the current version is
3.0
)b) Run the installer. After the installation open a command line window and type
arara
If you get the following, the installation was successful:
Note that
java
needs to be installed, you can check withjava -version
on the commandline. IIRCarara
adds itself to the PATH, if however you get a 'command not found' error, add arara's directory to the Windows path. More information can be found also in the arara manualPS: I'll show
arara
also next week on the DANTE spring meeting in Gießen.