Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Papertlab requires Universal Ctags for parsing code and generating tags. Follow the instructions below to install Ctags on your operating system.

Installing Universal Ctags

For macOS and Linux (using Homebrew):

Install Homebrew (if not already installed):

• macOS

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

• Linux: Follow the Linuxbrew installation instructions.

Install Universal Ctags:

brew install --HEAD universal-ctags/universal-ctags/universal-ctags

For Windows (using Chocolatey):

• Install Chocolatey: Open an elevated Command Prompt and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

• Install Universal Ctags:

choco install ctags

Verify Ctags Installation

After installation, verify that Ctags is correctly installed by running the following command in your terminal or command prompt:

ctags --version