lk/distros/arch/install_yay.md

title, tags, requirements

title	tags	requirements
Install yay	distros arch	pacman

pacman --sync --noconfirm --needed base-devel gcc git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git /tmp/yay
makepkg -C !$ -si

The flags are mostly the same as in pacman. But running yay without flags will do the update like yay -Syu and with package name it will search packages in the AUR and pacman repos, and let you choose which to install.

yay <search_term>

Building the package can usually take some time, and after the build it will ask for the sudo password. If you leave, the installation will fail. To avoid this, you can use the flag --sudoloop and enter the sudo password initially and it will loop it until the installation is finished.

yay -S --noconfirm --sudoloop <package_name>