roffit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "roffit" 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 roffit on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall roffit on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 396152
Name: roffit
PackageBaseID: 121045
PackageBase: roffit
Version: 0.8-1
Description: Converts nroff man pages to HTML
URL: http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/roffit/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1662406811
Maintainer: aaly
Submitter: aaly
FirstSubmitted: 1490636245
LastModified: 1490636245
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/roffit.tar.gz