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This is just a quick personal cheat sheet: treat its contents with caution!

Arch User Repository

The AUR, is a major part of the Arch Linux ecosystem. It’s a community driven repository for the Arch Linux system that hosts a number of packages outside the official Arch Linux package database.

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Config

Update your system and install the needed packages: 

# pacman -Syu
# pacman -S git base-devel

Create a dedicated AUR directory: 

$ mkdir -p ~/apps/aur-apps

Use

Manually

  • Install an AUR package: 
    $ cd ~/apps/aur-apps
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/<package-name>.git
$ cd <package-name>
$ makepkg -si # --syncdeps to auto-install deps, --install to install after building

  • Uninstall an AUR package and it's dependencies (which are not required by any other installed package): 

    # pacman -Rs <package-name>

  • Update an AUR package: 

    $ cd ~/apps/aur-apps/<package-name>
$ git pull
$ makepkg -si # --syncdeps to auto-install deps, --install to install after building

With yay

Yay is an AUR helper (written in Go): see yay.md.

Troubleshooting

  • when using $ makepkg, if the following error appears: ==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!, then you can run it again like this: $ makepkg --skippgpcheck

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