How to Install Yay on Arch Gnu/Linux

GNU/Linux Arch Installing Yay – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Yay Arch User Repository Package Manager in Arch GNU/Linux.

And Yay for Arch Tool make it Easy to Search and Install Software from the AUR Repo that contains more than 44000 Packages.

Moreover, Yay is an AUR Helper and Pacman Wrapper written in Go that is based on the Design of yaourt, apacman and pacaur.

The main Yay Features are:

• Perform advanced dependency solving

• Download PKGBUILDs from ABS or AUR

• Tab-complete the AUR

• Query user up-front for all input (prior to starting builds)

• Narrow search terms (yay linux header will first search linux and then narrow on header)

• Find matching package providers during search and allow selection

• Remove make dependencies at the end of the build process

• Run without sourcing PKGBUILD

Finally, this guide includes detailed instructions about How to Getting-Started Installing AUR Packages.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Command Line Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

2. 2. Installing Yay

   Then to Install Yay on Arch
   First, to Install Requirements play:

   sudo pacman -Sy base-devel

   Confirm for “All“.
   But in case of Issue then first Upgrade your System with:

   sudo pacman -Syy

   And again:

   sudo pacman -Su

   Then Clone the Git Repo with

   git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git

   Access the Target:

   cd yay

   Then for a New System possibly first Upgrade it with:

   sudo pacman -Syu

   And finally, to Install Yay:

   makepkg -si

   Enter the User’s Admin Password and Confirm for Installation.