[SOLVED] Are AUR packages also auto-updated via "pacman -Syu"?

Jindur · 2012-02-10 19:45:46

I assume they aren't? So I'd have to check all installed AUR packages for updates manually, re-download the PKGBUILD+tarball, and reinstall them?

Last edited by Jindur (2012-03-01 14:15:01)

karol · 2012-02-10 19:47:15

No, packages you installed from the AUR are not updated by pacman, but you can use an AUR helper if you want.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Helpers

The are also unofficial user repositories that have some precompiled packages not found in the official repos. These packages are managed by pacman.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … positories

Last edited by karol (2012-02-10 19:49:00)

Jindur · 2012-02-10 20:27:24

thanks

karol · 2012-02-10 20:52:32

Please remember to mark the thread as solved.

esuhl · 2012-02-10 21:01:47

In case it helps, I have yaourt installed and can update packages from AUR like this:

yaourt -Syu --aur

Axalon · 2012-02-10 21:09:43

You can also use the AUR helper packer and use packer -Syu to upgrade everythig, including AUR packages.

vwyodajl · 2012-02-10 21:14:22

Or if you want packer to only check AUR packages you can do

packer -Syu --auronly

I prefer packer over yaourt

Jindur · 2012-02-29 19:45:24

karol wrote:

Please remember to mark the thread as solved.

Oh oops sorry. How do I do that? Didn't even know there was such a functionality. o_o'

karol · 2012-02-29 19:49:20

You should read all the stickies, especially the one named 'Forum Rules': https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

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