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I am trying to run latex on archlinux, but I get the error:

ERROR: LaTeX Error: File `article.cls' not found.

As indicated in this previous question, I installed texlive-latextra and ran mktexlsr, but the error is still persisting. Has anybody encountered the same problem?

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On the face of it, that looks like a seriously broken installation. I'd suggest you back it all up, then do a clean, fresh install of TeXLive 2011 (or 2012 if you're prepared to wait a bit). – Brent.Longborough Jul 6 '12 at 10:05
@Brent.Longborough by "broken installation", do you mean the installation of arch or of texlive? I am now refreshing the packages list, so I'll reinstall everything. Out of interest, what makes you think it's an installation problem? Do you have a way for me to check quickly if I am missing something (like some stuff is missing in my PATH for example)? thanks – S4M Jul 6 '12 at 10:11
Sorry. I meant your TeX(live) installation. – Brent.Longborough Jul 6 '12 at 10:12
@Brent.Longborough I reinstalled texlive, even though pacman was telling me my installation was up to date. then ran mktexlsr. It works now! I don't know what has changed! – S4M Jul 6 '12 at 10:14
That's good! I thought it was broken because article.cls is part of the base LaTeX bundle that I think isn't even optional to install. On the PATH, I'm afraid I can't help - I'm a W*ndows user myself... – Brent.Longborough Jul 6 '12 at 10:14

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Just answering to close the post:

Reinstalling texlive somehow fixed the problem. As indicated by Brent.Longborough, my installation was probably corrupted.

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do this request by flagging this question..some moderator would definitely notice your flagging.. – Vineet Menon Jul 6 '12 at 11:45
@VineetMenon done! thanks for the tip. – S4M Jul 6 '12 at 11:54

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