font8x8-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "font8x8-git" 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 font8x8-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                font8x8-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall font8x8-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                font8x8-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "font8x8-git" 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 font8x8-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/font8x8-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/font8x8-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/font8x8-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/font8x8-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the font8x8-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 929927
Name: font8x8-git
PackageBaseID: 168614
PackageBase: font8x8-git
Version: r7.8e279d2-1
Description: 8x8 monochrome bitmap fonts for rendering in c
URL: https://github.com/dhepper/font8x8
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kleintux
Submitter: kleintux
FirstSubmitted: 1625397113
LastModified: 1625397113
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/font8x8-git.tar.gz