fontviewer on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "fontviewer" 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 fontviewer on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fontviewer on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 209710
Name: fontviewer
PackageBaseID: 40215
PackageBase: fontviewer
Version: 0.5.3-2
Description: Font Viewer written in Tcl/Tk
URL: https://github.com/siyb/fontviewer
NumVotes: 33
Popularity: 1.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1282671592
LastModified: 1436421548
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fontviewer.tar.gz