YAML::Tiny module missing from MikTeX

[ChadBailey]

YAML::Tiny module missing from MikTeX

[cmhughes]

Oh, my mistake, I realise now that you've posted both a problem and a solution, thank you!

If ever you have ideas for improvements to the documentation, do feel free to submit a pull request :)

[ChadBailey]

Github automatically displays this, but in case you missed it I have posted a bug report to MiKTeX at MiKTeX/miktex#1117

I hope this helps your voice be heard. I appreciate the hard work you've done on this tool, I think indentation and linting tools are under appreciated and critical to the workflow of people everywhere.

[cmhughes]

Thanks for this.

Can you try the solution at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/577250/how-to-use-latexindent-on-windows

I've tried repeatedly to influence change on Miktex, but haven't been successful.

[ChadBailey]

No problem... sadly I am not fluent enough in MiKTeX, Perl, or LaTeX to really have any business attempting to resolve, but I would imagine the intended behavior is for this to work out of the box from MiKTeX.

If your package is broken in there, I would recommend either getting it fixed or delisting it. Having a broken package on the index doesn't do either side any favors. I wouldn't be quick to jump to that conclusion though, as I did not see anyone else post a similar issue anywhere.

For instance, perhaps this is a rare issue only invoked by a particular set of circumstances and this post along acts as ample documentation to the next poor person who runs into it. Hard to say.

I would recommend at minimum to figure out if the package needs YAML::Tiny to be declared as a dependency in the latexindent MiKTeX package, then get it declared if so,

If you do not maintain the latexindent MiKTeX package then I would recommend working with the person who is managing the package or request it be removed if you don't know who that is/how they are managing it.

An unknown package maintainer can be a huge security liability - they could one day slip a backdoor into the package without you knowing

At least, this is what I would say in other contexts. I have no idea how package management works with MiKTeX and Perl/LaTeX at large.

Hope that helps!