Download and install common programs using AUR

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Preface

The article records my use Arch Linux Some usage methods , The installation of the operating system will not be introduced in detail .

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One 、AUR What is it? ？

AUR, namely Arch Linux Community user software warehouse (Arch User Repository) Is a face of the vast Arch user 、 Community oriented software warehouse . In practical use ,AUR Seems safe , But in theory, it can cause a certain degree of damage , But the premise is that you are not careful .

Warning ： AUR The software package in is written by other users , Some software packages may have risks . Using the software package is at your own risk .

Two 、 Use steps

1. install AUR

Use AUR The easiest way to do this is through AUR assistant . AUR assistant Is a command line tool （ Some have GUI）, You can search in AUR And install .

Enter the following code in the terminal to install .

    sudo pacman -S git
    sudo git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
    cd yay
    makepkg -si

You may not use AUR Assistant to install AUR, Interested partners can find content online by themselves .

2. install AUR Software method 1

The code format is yay -S Package name
If you don't know the package name, you can go to AUR Official website Search keywords to find

The code is as follows （ Example ）：

yay -S microsoft-edge-stable-bin # install  Microsoft Edge
yay -S wps-office-cn wps-office-mui-zh-cn ttf-wps-fonts # install  WPS Office
yay -S visual-studio-code-bin # install  Visual Studio Code 

3. install AUR Software method 2

1. from AUR Download contains PKGBUILD And other installation files （ such as systemd And patches , Usually not actual code ） Of tar package .
2. Command tar -xvf packagename.tar.gz Unpack to one for compilation only AUR Free folder .
3. verification PKGBUILD And other relevant documents , Make sure it doesn't contain malicious code .
4. Run in the above folder makepkg -si. The command will automatically call pacman Resolve dependencies , Then download the code 、 Compile and package . Then install the package .

 open  AUR  home page  , Enter the name of the package you want to find in the package search bar .
 Select the corresponding software and click enter to download the source code of the software package locally and extract it or choose to use git clone Download the source code 
 Entry directory 
makepkg
 for example ： 
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/wps-office.git 
makepkg -si

4. uninstall AUR package

I suggest uninstalling AUR Software , Delete all dependencies and configuration files .

yay -Rscnu  Package name  

5. to update / upgrade AUR software package

to update AUR Package database

yay -Syy 

to update AUR Package database and upgrade all installed packages ：

yay -Syyu 

6. install AUR

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summary

That's what we're going to talk about today , This article only briefly introduces AUR Use .