fontpreview-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 779250
Name: fontpreview-git
PackageBaseID: 148967
PackageBase: fontpreview-git
Version: 1.0.6.r4.ge18f6d3-1
Description: Very customizable and minimal font previewer written in bash
URL: https://github.com/sdushantha/fontpreview
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: crian
Submitter: crian
FirstSubmitted: 1581214996
LastModified: 1597592465
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fontpreview-git.tar.gz