gfontview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 05,2025

1. Install "gfontview" 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 gfontview on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gfontview on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 563470
Name: gfontview
PackageBaseID: 38136
PackageBase: gfontview
Version: 0.5.0-4
Description: An outline font viewer for Linux.
URL: http://gfontview.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: ezzetabi
FirstSubmitted: 1276637746
LastModified: 1543293157
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gfontview.tar.gz