yay on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "yay" 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 yay on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall yay on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1428021
Name: yay
PackageBaseID: 115973
PackageBase: yay
Version: 12.3.3-3
Description: Yet another yogurt. Pacman wrapper and AUR helper written in go.
URL: https://github.com/Jguer/yay
NumVotes: 2139
Popularity: 46.964443
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jguer
Submitter: jguer
FirstSubmitted: 1475688004
LastModified: 1710549341
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/yay.tar.gz