fontview-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 27,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1288200
Name: fontview-git
PackageBaseID: 189006
PackageBase: fontview-git
Version: r219.23a4679-2
Description: A simple font viewer
URL: https://github.com/khaledhosny/fontview
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Funami
Submitter: Funami
FirstSubmitted: 1672001022
LastModified: 1689251423
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fontview-git.tar.gz