fontfor on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "fontfor" 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 fontfor on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fontfor on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 829340
Name: fontfor
PackageBaseID: 148816
PackageBase: fontfor
Version: 0.3.1-2
Description: Find fonts which can show a specified character and preview them in terminal or browser.
URL: https://github.com/7sDream/fontfor
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: wallace11
Submitter: wallace11
FirstSubmitted: 1580894081
LastModified: 1607199313
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fontfor.tar.gz