Yaourt is a package manager for Arch Linux and its derivatives such as Manjaro Linux. It extends the functionality of the pacman package manager by providing support for the installation of packages from the Arch User Repository (AUR). To install yaourt on Arch Linux, follow these steps:
- Install base-devel package: Before you can install yaourt, you need to install the base-devel package, which includes the tools needed to build packages from source. You can install the base-devel package using the pacman package manager:
sudo pacman -S base-devel
- Download the yaourt installation script: You can download the yaourt installation script from the Arch Linux AUR website. You can use the following command to download the script:
curl -O https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/package-query.tar.gz
- Extract the yaourt installation script: Once the script has been downloaded, extract it using the following command:
tar xvf package-query.tar.gz
- Install package-query: Yaourt depends on the package-query tool, so you need to install it first. To install package-query, navigate to the extracted directory and run the following commands:
cd package-query
makepkg -si
- Download the yaourt script: Now that you have installed package-query, you can download the yaourt script using the following command:
curl -O https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/yaourt.tar.gz
- Extract the yaourt script: Extract the yaourt script using the following command:
tar xvf yaourt.tar.gz
- Install yaourt: To install yaourt, navigate to the extracted directory and run the following commands:
cd yaourt
makepkg -si
With these steps, you have successfully installed yaourt on your Arch Linux system. You can now use yaourt to install packages from the Arch User Repository.