ttfautohint on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "ttfautohint" 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 ttfautohint on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                ttfautohint
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall ttfautohint on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                ttfautohint
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "ttfautohint" 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 ttfautohint's git locally


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


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

ID: 1416439
Name: ttfautohint
PackageBaseID: 66083
PackageBase: ttfautohint
Version: 1.8.4-3
Description: Provides automated hinting process for web fonts
URL: http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
NumVotes: 32
Popularity: 0.608133
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: supermario
Submitter: roentgen
FirstSubmitted: 1357485357
LastModified: 1709021075
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ttfautohint.tar.gz