What's the Best AUR Helper? (Paru vs Yay vs Pikaur)

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There's a dozen different AUR helpers but nobody seems to be able to agree on which one is the best. In this video, I'm going to be comparing three of the most popular AUR helpers, yay, paru, and pikaur. What's the difference between all of these? Which one should you be using? Or should you even be using an AUR helper at all? Find out all this and more in today's video...
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0:00 Intro
0:51 Before you install an AUR helper...
1:59 Yay
4:15 Paru
7:11 Pikaur
10:05 Manually building
11:42 Graphical AUR managers?
12:29 My recommendation
12:47 Conclusion

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@AmexL Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this vid. I would definitely like a vid on how to manually build packages as I’m new to Arch so I’ll look forward to that in the future. Thanks!

@LordOfWizardurl Жыл бұрын

Paru is fast af, works for me and i don't actually have to compile it

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Yeah, installing it from paru-bin instead of paru saves a little time

@nilz91 Жыл бұрын

There is yay-bin that you don't have to compile as well

@jeffreygrantsmith Жыл бұрын

Another helpful video. Thanks brother.

@Redyf Жыл бұрын

What colorscheme is that in your terminal? Looks great

@oglothenerd Жыл бұрын

What WM are you using? And where can I find the dots for it? I love it! I want to take a look at the Polybar specifically!

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Bspwm, you can find the dotfiles in the description!

@privateassman8839 8 ай бұрын

I'm new to arch (and linux im general). Do i need to install bat in order to have syntax highliting? Do i need to have neovim in order to view packages?

@hamsteerio Жыл бұрын

Please make a qemu command scripting/syntax tutorial and explain to me if arch makes sense as a “0th” level os when running virtual machines or docker containers is better supported by enterprise supported os?

@SwampyPanda3 6 ай бұрын

I installed yay from rebornos repository. It does let me read package builds ig by default.

@GH05TYPLAYz 4 ай бұрын

I’m going to make my own solution for this, I had no idea this stuff existed😅

@BunnyKhatri-pd8zm 3 ай бұрын

@davidaravena3859 4 ай бұрын

Nice Video. Octopi is another great graphic Package helper too. Have you know it? Regards

@wonagra Жыл бұрын

Thanks )

@madthumbs1564 Жыл бұрын

I used paru for installing and topgrade for updating.Topgrade works in other distros as well.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

That seems like an interesting tool, I've never heard of that before. I might have to check that out.

@mzakyr342 Жыл бұрын

I use paru and pikaur i use pikaur for package that take long time to build if i use yay and leave him for a long time when i come back he says timeout because i was to long not prompting my password

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

That should be fine, I haven't tried it personally but I don't think using multiple AUR helpers would cause any issues

@Bruces-Eclectic-World Жыл бұрын

I have been trying Pikaur for a few days now. I like the output how it separates the repos and that is neat. I don't use but one program from the Aur nowadays because they have all moved to the community repos... Lol Thanks for the video! LLAP 🖖

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

True, all of my favorite AUR packages are now in the community repos!

@vicmac3513 Жыл бұрын

Bugswriter made a video about 'foot'-terminal and I thought you might be interested. Shows pictures, has search, emoji support, url hints and wayland support out of the box. Cpu accerelated and written in C.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

I don't use wayland, but I might try it out in the future. I've been meaning to for a while.

@vicmac3513 Жыл бұрын

I know and I'm on the same boat. Xorg has its advantages still for long!

@happygofishing 2 ай бұрын

@@vicmac3513 foot is very minimal, it feels just as fast as ST.

@wahebdz Жыл бұрын

Isn't paru flagged out of date?

@alifi_chiganjati Жыл бұрын

paru not updated form 6mo, i go back to yay

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Still seems to be being maintained. Last commit was 3 weeks ago on github

@BendyLemmy 7 ай бұрын

For sure, are we rating software by how buggy it is and how often it needs updating?@@EricMurphyxyz

@Perisys1312 Жыл бұрын

I only mean this to inform and correct you, not upset or angry, paru's current developer (who might not be the same as the original writer, but I have to say since it is a good chance.) uses they/them pronouns, not he/him.

@Perisys1312 Жыл бұрын

I vastly prefer paru in my case

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Oh my bad, I didn't know, thanks for the heads up

@Perisys1312 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMurphyxyz No problem!

@piushpaul4880 Жыл бұрын

@@Perisys1312 why do people care so much for gender? I dont get so offended if someone calls me they/them or she/her? Just curious

@Perisys1312 Жыл бұрын

@@piushpaul4880 In complete honesty I doubt your curiousness, but to answer, for others, their identity is an important piece of who they are, and they want others to respect said identity. Simple as