alfont on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "alfont" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install alfont on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall alfont on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "alfont" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone alfont's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/alfont.git 
            
                        
                ~/alfont
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/alfont folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/alfont
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alfont package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 208573
Name: alfont
PackageBaseID: 37236
PackageBase: alfont
Version: 2.0.9-7
Description: Allegro wrapper for FreeType2 enabling the use of various font formats
URL: http://opensnc.sourceforge.net/alfont/mirror/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1701429864
Maintainer:
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1274039486
LastModified: 1436325663
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/alfont.tar.gz