libxft-bgra-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "libxft-bgra-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install libxft-bgra-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S libxft-bgra-git

* (Optional) Uninstall libxft-bgra-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns libxft-bgra-git

2. Manually Install "libxft-bgra-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone libxft-bgra-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libxft-bgra-git.git ~/libxft-bgra-git

c. Go to ~/libxft-bgra-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/libxft-bgra-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the libxft-bgra-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1123438
Name: libxft-bgra-git
PackageBaseID: 152795
PackageBase: libxft-bgra-git
Version: 2.3.4.r169.4356b58-1
Description: libXft with BGRA glyph (color emoji) rendering & scaling patches by Maxime Coste
URL: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft.git
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.25802
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: justanoobcoder
FirstSubmitted: 1589518762
LastModified: 1659942398
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libxft-bgra-git.tar.gz