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yay — Yet Another Yogurt: build and install packages from the Arch User Repository. See also: `pacman`. Mo

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Problem

How to use the yay command: Yet Another Yogurt: build and install packages from the Arch User Repository. See also: pacman. More information: <https://github.com/Jguer/yay#first-use>.

Solution

yay — Yet Another Yogurt: build and install packages from the Arch User Repository. See also: pacman. More information: <https://github.com/Jguer/yay#first-use>.

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

Install a new package from the repos and AUR and do not ask to confirm transactions:

yay -S {{package}} --noconfirm

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

Clean pacman and yay caches (old package versions kept for rollback and downgrade purposes):

yay -Scc

Show statistics for installed packages and system health:

yay -Ps

Code Snippets

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

Install a new package from the repos and AUR and do not ask to confirm transactions

yay -S {{package}} --noconfirm

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}}

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