ttf-roboto-fontconfig on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "ttf-roboto-fontconfig" 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-roboto-fontconfig on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                ttf-roboto-fontconfig
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall ttf-roboto-fontconfig on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                ttf-roboto-fontconfig
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "ttf-roboto-fontconfig" 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-roboto-fontconfig's git locally


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


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

ID: 1404922
Name: ttf-roboto-fontconfig
PackageBaseID: 82472
PackageBase: ttf-roboto-fontconfig
Version: 2.000980-2
Description: A version of Google’s Roboto font that has fontconfig-compatible metadata
URL: https://github.com/andreasf/Roboto
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 0.028575
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: flying-sheep
Submitter: flying-sheep
FirstSubmitted: 1401803850
LastModified: 1707222502
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ttf-roboto-fontconfig.tar.gz