urw-arial on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "urw-arial" 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 urw-arial on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall urw-arial on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "urw-arial" 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 urw-arial's git locally


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


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

ID: 295285
Name: urw-arial
PackageBaseID: 110288
PackageBase: urw-arial
Version: 20060321-1
Description: URW Arial Type1 fonts from CTAN (for texlive)
URL: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/urw-arial
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: davidovitch
Submitter: davidovitch
FirstSubmitted: 1461085514
LastModified: 1461086891
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/urw-arial.tar.gz