fontpreview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "fontpreview" 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 fontpreview on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1080178
Name: fontpreview
PackageBaseID: 158750
PackageBase: fontpreview
Version: 1.0.6-2
Description: Highly customizable and minimal font previewer written in bash
URL: https://github.com/sdushantha/fontpreview
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.77582
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kleintux
Submitter: clove3am
FirstSubmitted: 1602709208
LastModified: 1652555847
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fontpreview.tar.gz