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Running Doom Emacs 3.0.0-alpha on Emacs 28.1 on Manajaro with all the latest updates installed.

When I M-x pdf-tools-install RET it fails to compile. The following is the output of the command:

-*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "~/.emacs.d/.local/straight/build-28.1/pdf-tools/build/server/" -*-
Comint started at Mon Jun  6 20:39:41

/home/sandip/.emacs.d/.local/straight/build-28.1/pdf-tools/build/server/autobuild -i /home/sandip/.emacs.d/.local/straight/build-28.1/pdf-tools/
---------------------------
    Installing packages    
---------------------------
Skipping package installation (already installed)

---------------------------
 Configuring and compiling 
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./configure -q --bindir=/home/sandip/.emacs.d/.local/straight/build-28.1/pdf-tools/ && make clean && make -s
configure: error: cannot find necessary  poppler-private header (see README.org)
===========================
     Build failed.  ;o(    
===========================
Note: maybe try the '-d' option.

Comint exited abnormally with code 1 at Mon Jun  6 20:39:44

I looked for but could not find any poppler-private package.

How do I install pdf-tools?

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    On debian, you need to install libpoppler-private-dev, I guess. What OS are you using? Commented Jun 6, 2022 at 19:50
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    In fact, the requirement to install libpoppler-private was removed from pdf-tools 16 days ago. I suggest installing an updated pdf-tools from melpa or straight (you see what I did there?) from github.com/vedang/pdf-tools Commented Jun 6, 2022 at 19:56
  • @FranBurstall Thanks. I am using Manjaro linux. I have updated the question to include this information.
    – deshmukh
    Commented Jun 7, 2022 at 3:08
  • @deskmukh, did you installed first the Doom’s pdf module? See also this file: ```~/.emacs.d/modules/tools/pdf/README.org, to know what to expect in this installation.
    – Ian
    Commented Jun 7, 2022 at 13:49
  • @Ian Yes. Doom's pdf module was installed. I removed and reinstalled it. And I had gone through that file. But nothing there helped me. Am I missing something?
    – deshmukh
    Commented Jun 7, 2022 at 14:44

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I had same problem on Manjaro and I just solved it by installing the package emacs-pdf-tools-git from the AUR.

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