freefonts on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "freefonts" 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 freefonts on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall freefonts on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 380122
Name: freefonts
PackageBaseID: 19582
PackageBase: freefonts
Version: 0.10-4
Description: A set of free Type1 fonts
URL: http://www.gimp.org/
NumVotes: 25
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eworm
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1220483351
LastModified: 1486025178
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/freefonts.tar.gz