Install yay (or yaourt) on Arch Linux

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How to install yay (another great AUR helper)

Update on 2018/10/16

If you already got yaourt just type:

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yaourt -S yay

Otherwise, you can also install by makepkg

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git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

[Deprecated]Install yaourt

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sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf

Then, add following lines to the end.

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[archlinuxcn]
Server = http://repo.archlinuxcn.org/$arch

Install the GPG key.

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sudo pacman -S archlinuxcn-keyring

Finally, update and install yaourt.

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sudo pacman -Sy yaourt

Done!

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