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TL;DR

yay

Yet Another Yogurt: build and install packages from the Arch User Repository. Also see pacman. More information: https://github.com/Jguer/yay.

  • Interactively search and install packages from the repos and AUR:

yay package_name|search_term

  • Synchronize and update all packages from the repos and AUR:

yay

  • Synchronize and update only AUR packages:

yay -Sua

  • Install a new package from the repos and AUR:

yay -S package

  • Remove an installed package and both its dependencies and configuration files:

yay -Rns package

  • Search the package database for a keyword from the repos and AUR:

yay -Ss keyword

  • Remove orphaned packages (installed as dependencies but not required by any package):

yay -Yc

  • Show statistics for installed packages and system health:

yay -Ps

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