What Is Yay Arch Linux?

What Is Yay Arch Linux?
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Yay is Arch Linux AUR helper tool written in Go. It helps you to install packages from PKGBUILDs in an automated way. yay has an AUR Tab completion with advanced dependency solving. It is based on the design of yaourt, apacman, and pacaur but also realizing the following objectives: Have almost no dependencies.

How do you get Yay on the arch?

Step 1 – Clone the Git Repository First

  1. Step 1 – Clone the Git Repository First. Run the following command, to clone the git repository. git clone Step 2 – Browse to the Downloaded Repository. cd yay.
  2. Step 2 – Browse to the Downloaded Repository. cd yay.

What is Yay in manjaro?

Yay is an AUR helper that you can use as a replacement for yaourt (deprecated). It’s not available in the Arch Linux repositories. So If you recently installed Arch, you can follow the instructions in the GitHub repository. On Arch based distributions like Manjaro, yay is available through the official repositories.

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