Cleartype in Archlinux
Thanks to this post in the Archlinux forums my fonts look much better! I use an LCD monitor as does the poster in that thread. My fonts weren’t horrible before, but if you used Linux you know fonts can be inconsistent at times.
In any case the packages are all from AUR and are as follows: freetype2-cleartype, cairo-cleartype, and libxft-cleartype. If you’ve never used AUR or modified PKGBUILD files I highly suggest you check out the Arch wiki. You cold use Aurbuild or Yaourt to help make getting AUR packages easier.
You will need to modify the PKGBUILD file for cairo-cleartype. Change the package version from 1.2.4 to 1.2.6, then update or comment out the md5sum line.
Hi, now I’m visiting your blog
I am trying to install this patches but I’m new to Arch and when I try to install any of these packages I always get > error: this will break the following dependencies: …..
How do I fix this?
THX
karmapolice
February 2, 2007 at 3:28 am
I believe I forced them with -f.
xabbott
February 2, 2007 at 6:44 am