This should have been easier, but I must have misunderstood how this works.
After upgrading to Bootstrap 4, for some reason my node_modules didn’t contain fontawesome anymore. I don’t know what I did, but I took it as a sign to upgrade to fontawesome 5.
This was a little tricky to follow at first as it works differently to fontawesome 4.
Install fontawesome, install the libraries you want to use so they can be used in Bootstrap.
$ npm i --save @fortawesome/fontawesome $ npm i --save @fortawesome/fontawesome-free-solid $ npm i --save @fortawesome/fontawesome-free-regular $ npm i --save @fortawesome/fontawesome-free-brands
In your resources/assets/js/bootstrap.js:
require('@fortawesome/fontawesome');
require('@fortawesome/fontawesome-free-solid');
require('@fortawesome/fontawesome-free-regular');
require(‘@fortawesome/fontawesome-free-brands’);
Compile it using dev or watch.
$ npm run dev
That’s it. Now you can use the class="fa fa-..." tags as expected. You might find some of your existing fa’s are no longer included free. So checkout the fontawesome site and choose icons to replace them with.
References
https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&m=free
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If you want to add icons for facebook or instagram add this as well
require(‘@fortawesome/fontawesome-free-brands’);
to resources/assets/js/bootstrap.js
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A worthwhile addition, but as my need is internal at the minute I have no need of ‘brands’. But you’re quire correct very useful for all sorts of stuff like paypal etc. https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&s=brands
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I think all icons are there,
https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/setup/upgrading-from-version-4
You just need to import all icons and use the correct nomenclature, “fa”, “far” and “fab”
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Only if you upgrade to the new svg style from v4. Then you can use the fas, far, fab formats.
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