r-showtext on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "r-showtext" 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 r-showtext on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall r-showtext on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "r-showtext" 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 r-showtext's git locally


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


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

ID: 1298390
Name: r-showtext
PackageBaseID: 191113
PackageBase: r-showtext
Version: 0.9.6-1
Description: Using Fonts More Easily in R Graphs
URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=showtext
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.000524
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: AlexBocken
Submitter: AlexBocken
FirstSubmitted: 1678017365
LastModified: 1691052317
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/r-showtext.tar.gz