You NEED to know this before using an AUR Helper...

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Have you spent your entire time on Arch Linux downloading AUR packages from an AUR helper like yay, paru, or pikaur? They're great tools, but you still need to know how the AUR works and how to build packages manually or you're going to run into some issues. In this video, I'll teach you how to manually build packages and install them with pacman, as well as find out if you even need to use an AUR helper at all...
The biggest mistake people make when using the AUR: • Don't make this mistak...
The best AUR helper: • What's the Best AUR He...
How to clean up after your AUR helper: • Pacman is BLOATING Up ...
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0:00 Intro
1:03 What's wrong with just using AUR helpers?
3:10 What does an AUR helper do, exactly?
5:11 Manually building packages with makepkg
7:10 Updating packages manually
8:52 Manually fixing your AUR helper
9:43 Should you use an AUR helper?
10:43 Conclusion

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@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Last video on the AUR for a while guys, I promise

@AnalyticMinded Жыл бұрын

Cool series! I actually learned something about (Arch)Linux in what has seemed like forever. This is the kind of intermediate-level vid that I wish there was more of.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you find these kinds of videos useful.

@jesse7631 Жыл бұрын

Eric, your videos are superb. Thanks for this good information!

@jabahunter Жыл бұрын

My man, this was a great video! Thanks

@hhwilly-ng Ай бұрын

Thank you, informative stuff.

@r0yce Жыл бұрын

Quite funny how you have to learn how to install an AUR helper from AUR manually only to learn later what an AUR helper is actually doing. As a guy who learned all of linux from arch wiki....these things make so much more sense.

@georgehope5477 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Thank you.

@user-vg8ov6lg1l Жыл бұрын

second vid that is on whilst i browsing ur blog my very first impression was on the alternative frontends video, actually it started out with the firefox video, and my tought was so this "kiddo" is going to roast mozilla and teach me about privacy. LOL, my impression now is that i am quite impressed tbvh... keep it going dude rock on! you rock!

@lqlarry Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@johncruelty1 9 ай бұрын

what is that fancy terminal you using ?

@sklorpion Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You didn't tell if after uninstall package I should\could delete what was downloaded by hand.

@Euphoriatrix 11 ай бұрын

Chaotic AUR ftw.

@Anteksanteri 6 ай бұрын

I still wrote my own bare-bones aur helper that uses fzf for picking a package (just one). :D

@ajaxmaxxer 7 ай бұрын

Nice, instructive video, thank you.

@madthumbs1564 Жыл бұрын

Paru doesn't require -S to install a package. To update you can just enter 'paru' - but topgrade does so much more.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

For installation it does require -S. Not sure what you mean, but updating can just be done with just the paru command. Will check out topgrade, it's on the list!

@shindradavid9845 Жыл бұрын

Can you install more RAM with yay? 😅

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

You can download *almost* anything from the AUR 😛

@itsfish8672 Жыл бұрын

GVE= great vid Eric

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@felixfourcolor Жыл бұрын

It's impossible to use an aur helper without knowing how to manually install aur packages, because the helpers themselves are aur packages 😂

@nico1337 Жыл бұрын

Afaik enable notifications does not notify you when a package gets updated but only when a new comment was added.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Isn't it both? I haven't personally used the feature but I've heard from those that do. Hope I didn't get that wrong.

@nico1337 Жыл бұрын

@@EricMurphyxyz I'm maintaining some AUR packages and it's enabled by default for your own packages and I don't get update notifications. I've also enabled it for some packages not owned by me and I never received such an email .-.

@mahtja1559 Жыл бұрын

Don't you have to manually install AUR helpers from the AUR? If you can do that, then it kind of defeats the purpose of saying you should know how to manually build it.

@EricMurphyxyz Жыл бұрын

Yes but many people (including myself) go through the installation process without an understanding of what they're doing, essentially just pasting in commands into a terminal

@manhle1582 5 ай бұрын

I'm late, but distro like EndeavourOS ships yay by default. It's nice to see how they work before trying Arch myself.