fontforge-cidmap on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 31,2025

1. Install "fontforge-cidmap" 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 fontforge-cidmap on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                fontforge-cidmap
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall fontforge-cidmap on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 899703
Name: fontforge-cidmap
PackageBaseID: 166237
PackageBase: fontforge-cidmap
Version: 20201107-1
Description: Cidmaps for FontForge
URL: https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: redchenjs
Submitter: redchenjs
FirstSubmitted: 1619753709
LastModified: 1619753709
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fontforge-cidmap.tar.gz