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how to install pamac on arch linux

I found that on Archlinux, AUR helpers like pamac and yay are not packaged in official repos

I am wondering if we can install pamac like [this](https://github.com/Jguer/yay#binary):

```
pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libpamac-aur.git
cd libpamac-aur
makepkg -si

pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pamac-aur.git
cd pamac-aur
makepkg -si
```

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: how to install pamac on arch linux

I found that on Archlinux, AUR helpers like pamac and yay are not packaged in official repos

There are good reasons for that, I suggest you read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers and pay attention to all the colored boxes  .

Keep in mind that aur helpers very often break when a new pacman version is released.
Sometimes it takes several days or weeks before their devs support the new pacman version.

The commands above should work for installing pamac-aur , but if you plan to make extensive use of aur packages I recommend installing base-devel + git permanently .

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korimitsu

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Registered: 2016-08-14

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Re: how to install pamac on arch linux

Use this:

pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libpamac-aur.git
cd libpamac-aur
makepkg -si
cd ..
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pamac-aur.git
cd pamac-aur
makepkg -si

Last edited by korimitsu (2022-11-24 20:44:25)

elkoraco

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Registered: 2013-02-18

Posts: 140

Re: how to install pamac on arch linux

Just use makepkg manually.