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.TH "YAY" "8" "2018-01-31" "Yay v2\&.295" "Yay Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
yay \- AUR Helper written in go
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fIyay\fR <operation> [options] [targets]
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\fIyay\fR <search pattern>
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Yay is a Pacman wrapper with AUR support\&. It passes options to Makepkg and Pacman after resolving packages to install/upgrade\&.
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This manpage only covers options unique to Yay\&. For other options see \fBpacman(8)\fR\&.
.SH "YAY OPERATIONS"
.PP
\fB\-Y, --yay\fR
.RS 4
Perform yay specific operations\&. This is the default if no other operation is selected\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-P, --print\fR
.RS 4
Perform yay specific print operations\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-G, --getpkgbuild\fR
.RS 4
Downloads PKGBUILD from ABS or AUR\&.
.RE
.PP
If no operation is selected -Y will be assumed\&.
.SH "EXTENDED PACMAN OPERATIONS"
.PP
\fB\-S, -Si, -Ss, -Su\fR
.RS 4
These operations are extended to support the AUR as well as repo packages\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-R\fR
.RS 4
Yay will also remove cached data about devel packages\&.
.RE
.SH "YAY OPTIONS (APPLY TO -Y AND --YAY)"
.PP
\fB<NO OPTION>\fR
.RS 4
Displays list of packages matching search terms and prompts the user on which packages to install(yogurt mode)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-g \-\-getpkgbuild\fR
.RS 4
Downloads PKGBUILD from ABS or AUR\&.
.RE
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c \-\-clean\fR
.RS 4
Remove unneeded dependencies\&.
.RE
.SH "PRINT OPTIONS (APPLY TO -P AND --PRINT)"
\fB\-d \-\-defaultconfig\fR
.RS 4
Print current yay configuration\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n \-\-numberupgrades\fR
.RS 4
Print number of updates\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s \-\-stats\fR
.RS 4
Displays information about installed packages and system health\&. If there are orphaned or out-of-date packages, warnings will be displayed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u \-\-upgrades\fR
.RS 4
Print update list\&.
.RE
.PP

.SH "PERMANENT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS"
.PP
These options will be saved to disk and reapplied next time Yay is ran\&.
.PP
\fB\-\-topdown\fR
.RS 4
Display repository packages first and then AUR packages\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-bottomup\fR
.RS 4
Show AUR packages first and then repository packages\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-devel\fR
.RS 4
Check -git/-svn/-hg development version\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-nodevel\fR
.RS 4
Disable development version checking\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-afterclean\fR
.RS 4
Clean package sources after successful build\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-noafterclean\fR
.RS 4
Disable package sources cleaning after successful build\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-timeupdate\fR
.RS 4
Check package's modification date and version\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-notimeupdate\fR
.RS 4
Check only package version change\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
yay \fIfoo\fR
.RS 4
Search and install from the repos and the \fBAUR\fR\ using yogurt mode\&.
.RE
.PP
yay -Syu
.RS 4
Update package list and upgrade all currently installed repo and \fBAUR\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
yay -S \fIfoo\fR
.RS 4
Installs package \fIfoo\fR from the repos or the \fBAUR\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
yay -Ss \fIfoo\fR
.RS 4
Searches for package \fIfoo\fR on the repos or the \fBAUR\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
yay -Si \fIfoo\fR
.RS 4
Gets information about package \fIfoo\fR from the repos or the \fBAUR\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
yay -S \fIfoo\fR
.RS 4
Installs package \fIfoo\fR from the repos or the \fBAUR\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
yay --stats
.RS 4
Shows statistics for installed packages and system health\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBmakepkg\fR(8)
\fBpacman\fR(8)
\fBpacman\&.conf\fR(5)
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See the arch wiki at https://wiki\&.archlinux\&.org/index\&.php/Arch_User_Repository for more info on the \fBAUR\fR\&.
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Please report bugs to our GitHub page https://github\&.com/Jguer/yay
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Jguer <joaogg3@gmail\&.com>