ttf-essays on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 06,2025

1. Install "ttf-essays" 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 ttf-essays on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ttf-essays on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "ttf-essays" 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 ttf-essays's git locally


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


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

ID: 758809
Name: ttf-essays
PackageBaseID: 11115
PackageBase: ttf-essays
Version: 2.100-2
Description: A font based on the typeface used in a 1743 English translation of Montaigne's Essays.
URL: https://www.thibault.org/fonts/essays/
NumVotes: 21
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: adsun
Submitter: DerGuteMoritz
FirstSubmitted: 1179690669
LastModified: 1593529170
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ttf-essays.tar.gz