Installation on Arch Linux

The main difference between installing plover on Debian or Ubuntu and installing on Arch is that Debian and Ubuntu use python 2, while Arch has both python 2 and python 3. Installing it takes pretty much the same steps, except that on Arch, many of the packages are named differently than on Debian or Ubuntu to differentiate them from the python 3 versions of the same package.

Manual installation

1. The package for python 2 in Arch is called "python2". Install it as root with the command "pacman -S python2".
2. The python 2 version of "python-xlib" is "python2-xlib". Install it with "pacman -S python2-xlib".
3. "python-wxgtk2.8" is named "wxpython" in Arch. Install it.
4. Install "wmctrl".
5. The package "python-dev" does not need to be and cannot be installed on Arch because it is included as part of each of the python packages.
6. The python 2 version of "python-pip" is "python2-pip". Install it.
7. Use the python 2 version of pip to install packages from the python repository. As root, run the command "pip2 install appdirs simplejson pyserial".
8. Download plover from the github with the "wget https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/archive/v2.5.5.tar.gz", substituting the name of this version for the newest one. You can also download it with your browser.
9. Unpack it with the command "tar -zxf v2.5.5.tar.gz", also substituting the name of this version for the newest one.
10. Move into the unpacked directory, and install plover as root with the command "python2 setup.py install".
11. Run plover by selecting it in your applications menu, or by running the command "/usr/bin/plover".

AUR

An AUR package which installs the most up-to-date version is available at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/plover-git/.