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Install an AUR package manually

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# Example: install yay from AUR
$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
$ cd yay
$ makepkg -si

yay cheatsheet

Feature Command
Search (official + AUR) yay package_name
Install a package yay -S package_name
Upgrade all packages (AUR) yay -Syu
Clean cache yay -Sc
Remove unused dependencies yay -Yc
Remove package & config yay -Rns package_name
Install only AUR package yay -S package_name --aur
Install only repo package yay -S package_name --repo
View package info yay -Si package_name
View package file paths yay -Ql package_name
Find package owning a file yay -Qo /path/to/file
List installed AUR packages yay -Qm

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