Conflict between Yazi and Mabox icons (Nerd Fonts issue)

ostehlin · September 10, 2025, 4:53pm

Hello,

I wanted to install Yazi (terminal file manager) on Mabox Linux.
When I install it, pacman wants to remove ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-2048-em and replace it with ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols (currently version 3.4.0-1).

If I refuse, Yazi won’t install.
If I accept, Yazi installs and works fine, but some Mabox panel icons become broken/missing, because they rely on glyphs from the 2048-em variant.

So it seems Mabox depends on ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-2048-em, while newer packages (like Yazi) depend on the consolidated ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols.

My question:
What is the recommended solution for Mabox users?

Should Mabox switch to using glyphs available in the new ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols package?
Or should Mabox ship/maintain the 2048-em variant alongside the new one?
Or is there another workaround?

I’d like to have both Yazi working and Mabox’s panel icons rendering correctly.

Thanks in advance!

muzqs · September 10, 2025, 4:57pm

Hi @ostehlin,

Welcome to the forum.

Wait for @napcok for font issue. I see the conflict.

Question. Are you limited to Yazi.

Because ranger is a fine file-manager too.

muzqs · September 10, 2025, 5:19pm

Yazi looks nice though

muzqs · September 10, 2025, 5:39pm

This is a temporary solution.

Still wait for more robust answer from dev.

In the meanwhile you can run Yazi by editing PKGBUILD file.

edit PKGBUILD downloaded from AUR.

Rename font.

depends=(
  'gcc-libs'
  'oniguruma'
  'ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-2048-em'

In this example i installed the git version but you get the idea.

For long term you don’t want to manually need editing for updates.

To install pkgbuild

makepkg -si

napcok · September 10, 2025, 9:43pm

I added yazi compiled with the fonts we have in Mabox to our repo.

ostehlin · September 11, 2025, 12:03pm

Thank you very much for the swift action — the Yazi package from the Mabox repo works perfectly!

One question though: would you recommend sticking with the Mabox-repo package, or is it better/safer in the long run to use the Arch official package?

I just want to make sure I follow the preferred approach for Mabox users.

Thanks again for the quick support and all your work on Mabox!

napcok · September 14, 2025, 7:58pm

The Yazi package has been added to the Mabox repo so you can use both Mabox menus and Yazi with good-looking fonts (glyphicons) at the same time.
So, yes, Yazi from the Mabox repo is recommended.

danielhb · February 16, 2026, 3:52am

I had the same problem. When installing it with Pacman, does it take it from the Mabox repository?

A mí me pasaba lo mismo ¿instalándolo con Pacman se toma del repositorio de Mabox?

muzqs · February 16, 2026, 7:54am

For me no problem to install. Both pacman or yay.

napcok · February 16, 2026, 9:13am

Yazi should be installed from the Mabox repo by default.

dn@mabox ~ $ yay yazi
4 aur/yazi-git 25.5.31.r36.g8ef28ec-2 (+12 0.78) 
    Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
3 aur/yazi-nightly-bin 25.4.8.20250411.bef4810-1 (+5 0.00) 
    💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O.
2 extra/yazi 26.1.22-1 (7.1 MiB 23.2 MiB) (Installed)
    Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
1 maboxlinux/yazi 25.5.31-3 (5.6 MiB 19.4 MiB) (Installed: 26.1.22-1)
    Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)

By the way, I’ve uploaded the latest version to the Mabox repo – 26.1.22.