oldschool-pc-fonts on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "oldschool-pc-fonts" 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 oldschool-pc-fonts on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                oldschool-pc-fonts
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall oldschool-pc-fonts on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                oldschool-pc-fonts
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "oldschool-pc-fonts" 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 oldschool-pc-fonts's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/oldschool-pc-fonts.git 
            
                        
                ~/oldschool-pc-fonts
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/oldschool-pc-fonts folder and install it


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

ID: 828523
Name: oldschool-pc-fonts
PackageBaseID: 107004
PackageBase: oldschool-pc-fonts
Version: 2.2-1
Description: world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles
URL: https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/
NumVotes: 20
Popularity: 0.261767
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: fordprefect
Submitter: fordprefect
FirstSubmitted: 1454490978
LastModified: 1607071739
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/oldschool-pc-fonts.tar.gz