From 1dbc97209e6805d5255621c36c48cc5d1cd0bbda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:34:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] split yay and pacman

---
 distros/arch/basic-install.md   |  2 +-
 distros/arch/install_yay.md     | 11 +++++++++++
 distros/arch/maintenance.md     | 17 +++--------------
 distros/arch/pacman.md          |  1 +
 distros/arch/yay_maintenance.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 distros/arch/install_yay.md
 create mode 100644 distros/arch/yay_maintenance.md

diff --git a/distros/arch/basic-install.md b/distros/arch/basic-install.md
index 1bcb6a1..c6f1edf 100644
--- a/distros/arch/basic-install.md
+++ b/distros/arch/basic-install.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: "basic-install"
+title: "Install Arch"
 tags: [ "arch" ]
 requires: [ "partitions", "time" ]
 ---
diff --git a/distros/arch/install_yay.md b/distros/arch/install_yay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9db99e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distros/arch/install_yay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+title: "Install yay"
+tags: [ "distros", "arch" ]
+requirements: [ "pacman" ]
+---
+
+```sh
+pacman --sync --noconfirm --needed base-devel gcc git
+git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git /tmp/yay
+makepkg -C !$ -si
+```
diff --git a/distros/arch/maintenance.md b/distros/arch/maintenance.md
index 1dfa9f8..b466c4b 100644
--- a/distros/arch/maintenance.md
+++ b/distros/arch/maintenance.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
-title: "Maintenance"
+title: "Arch Maintenance"
 tags: [ "arch" ]
+requirements: [ "pacman" ]
 ---
 
 # Package Cache
@@ -12,15 +13,6 @@ ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ | wc -l
 sudo pacman -Sc
 ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ | wc -l
 ```
-And the same for `yay` (with `-Yc` to remove old dependencies):
-
-```sh
-ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l
-yay -Sc
-yay -Yc
-ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l
-```
-
 # New Configs
 
 If you chance a configuration file, such as `/etc/environment`, and `pacman` wants to update the file, it will place `/etc/environment.pacnew`.
@@ -41,10 +33,7 @@ sudo -e /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 sudo rm /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
 ```
 
-Or,
-
-- use a tool like `pacdiff` to view the changes next to each other, and select them with `vim`.
-
+Or use a tool like `pacdiff` to view the changes next to each other, and select them with `vim`.
 
 ```sh
 sudo pacman -S pacman-contrib
diff --git a/distros/arch/pacman.md b/distros/arch/pacman.md
index 78224d3..37f0952 100644
--- a/distros/arch/pacman.md
+++ b/distros/arch/pacman.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "pacman"
 tags: [ "distros" ]
+requirements: [ "Install Arch" ]
 ---
 
 Packages are kept in /var/cache/pacman/pkg.
diff --git a/distros/arch/yay_maintenance.md b/distros/arch/yay_maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1ff095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distros/arch/yay_maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+title: "Arch Maintenance with yay"
+tags: [ "arch" ]
+requirements: [ "Arch Maintenance" ]
+---
+
+# Package Cache
+
+Just like `pacman`
+
+```sh
+ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l
+yay -Sc
+```
+
+Use `-Yc` to remove old dependencies:
+
+```sh
+yay -Yc
+ls ~/.cache/yay/ | wc -l
+```
+