gnome-specimen on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "gnome-specimen" 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 gnome-specimen on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                gnome-specimen
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-specimen on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 390236
Name: gnome-specimen
PackageBaseID: 120402
PackageBase: gnome-specimen
Version: 0.4-6
Description: A simple tool to view and compare fonts installed on your system.
URL: https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-specimen
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1692197929
Maintainer: khampf
Submitter: gavinhungry
FirstSubmitted: 1488842289
LastModified: 1488842289
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-specimen.tar.gz