fntsample on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 09,2025

1. Install "fntsample" 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 fntsample on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fntsample on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 942836
Name: fntsample
PackageBaseID: 114985
PackageBase: fntsample
Version: 5.4-1
Description: PDF and PostScript font samples generator
URL: https://github.com/eugmes/fntsample
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: adsun
Submitter: ftschindler
FirstSubmitted: 1472040304
LastModified: 1627905480
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fntsample.tar.gz