cfonts on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 02,2024

1. Install "cfonts" 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 cfonts on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cfonts on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "cfonts" 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 cfonts's git locally


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


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

ID: 1411535
Name: cfonts
PackageBaseID: 180325
PackageBase: cfonts
Version: 1.1.4rust-1
Description: Sexy ANSI fonts for the console
URL: https://github.com/dominikwilkowski/cfonts
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dominikwilkowski
Submitter: dominikwilkowski
FirstSubmitted: 1654476889
LastModified: 1708293614
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cfonts.tar.gz