jfbview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "jfbview" 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 jfbview on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall jfbview on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1125275
Name: jfbview
PackageBaseID: 103597
PackageBase: jfbview
Version: 0.6.0-3
Description: PDF and image viewer for the Linux framebuffer
URL: https://github.com/jichu4n/jfbview
NumVotes: 14
Popularity: 8.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: petronny
Submitter: farseerfc
FirstSubmitted: 1448016583
LastModified: 1660307705
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/jfbview.tar.gz