How To Install And Use The Yay Aur Helper
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Using Arch Linux, there are many benifits. The fast speed, the amazing package manager, but one of the most cited reasons for using Arch is the AUR. The AUR is a repo that is maintained by the community, that anyone can add to. It has a lot of software that you can’t get using Pacman. However, there is no AUR helper on a default installation of Arch. The most popular is “yay”. I am going to explain how you can install, and use the yay AUR helper on a default installation of Arch Linux.
    • Ferk
      6·
      3 years ago

      Me too. But they are very similar. What’s your reason to use paru?

      I mainly just prefer it because it’s written in Rust, while yay is Go.

  • Nereus
    5·
    3 years ago

    What’s the advantage of using yay over pacman?

    • GreyLinux
      6·
      3 years ago

      One nice feature is you can update all packages and AUR packages with one command “yay -Syu”

      • freely
        6·
        3 years ago

        Or just yay (it’s shorthand for yay -Syu)

      • Nereus
        1·
        3 years ago

        Oh ok. Isn’t that what pacman -Syyu does though?

        • marcuse1w
          4·
          3 years ago

          Pacman does not update or install AUR packages. That’s probably the main difference between pacman and yay (or similar AUR helper)

  • C​​​
    3·
    3 years ago

    yay is great and the name is fun - It’s probably the reason for its popularity