fontbm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "fontbm" 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 fontbm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fontbm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1118306
Name: fontbm
PackageBaseID: 184407
PackageBase: fontbm
Version: 0.5.0-1
Description: BMFont compatible command line bitmap font generator.
URL: https://github.com/vladimirgamalyan/fontbm
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: apicici
Submitter: apicici
FirstSubmitted: 1658956189
LastModified: 1658956442
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fontbm.tar.gz