xfpt on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "xfpt" 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 xfpt on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xfpt on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1325951
Name: xfpt
PackageBaseID: 106498
PackageBase: xfpt
Version: 1.00-1
Description: A program for turning a simple plain text markup into DocBook XML.
URL: http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/ph10/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: aksr
FirstSubmitted: 1453533712
LastModified: 1695890664
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xfpt.tar.gz