Difference between revisions of "Arch User Repository"

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'''1. The base-developer group package:''' Rather than downloading pre-compiled software packages for installation, you will instead be downloading the instructions to build and compile them on your system. This group package is therefore required to do this. '''This should be pre-installed on Manjaro 0.8.1 onwards.'''

'''2. Either yaourt or packer:''' Either of these are used to search and download from the AUR, rather like pacman is used to search and download from from Manjaro's official repositories. Which you may chose is entirely down to personal preference. However, yaourt (an acronym for '''Y'''et '''A'''n'''O'''ther '''U'''ser '''R'''espository '''T'''ool) seems to be the most popular choice, perhaps due to providing additional features.

'''2. Either yaourt or packer:''' Either of these are used to search and download from the AUR, rather like pacman is used to search and download from from Manjaro's official repositories. Both will also automatically find and download the necessary dependencies for downloads as well (provided the software packages to be installed properly state which dependencies are needed). Which you may chose is entirely down to personal preference. However, yaourt (an acronym for '''Y'''et '''A'''n'''O'''ther '''U'''ser '''R'''espository '''T'''ool) seems to be the most popular choice, perhaps due to providing additional visual features.

{{note| Although the base developer group package should already be installed on your system, it will be included in the installation instructions anyway. The worst that can happen is that it will be updated!}}

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* To install the base developer group package and '''packer''', enter the command:

sudo pacman -S base-devel packer

Once entered, simply follow the (simple) on-screen prompts to complete the installation process.

= Searching for Software Packages =

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 '''1. The base-developer group package:''' Rather than downloading pre-compiled software packages for installation, you will instead be downloading the instructions to build and compile them on your system. This group package is therefore required to do this. '''This should be pre-installed on Manjaro 0.8.1 onwards.'''
-'''2. Either yaourt or packer:''' Either of these are used to search and download from the AUR, rather like pacman is used to search and download from from Manjaro's official repositories. Which you may chose is entirely down to personal preference. However, yaourt (an acronym for '''Y'''et '''A'''n'''O'''ther '''U'''ser '''R'''espository '''T'''ool) seems to be the most popular choice, perhaps due to providing additional features.
+'''2. Either yaourt or packer:''' Either of these are used to search and download from the AUR, rather like pacman is used to search and download from from Manjaro's official repositories. Both will also automatically find and download the necessary dependencies for downloads as well (provided the software packages to be installed properly state which dependencies are needed). Which you may chose is entirely down to personal preference. However, yaourt (an acronym for '''Y'''et '''A'''n'''O'''ther '''U'''ser '''R'''espository '''T'''ool) seems to be the most popular choice, perhaps due to providing additional visual features.
 {{note| Although the base developer group package should already be installed on your system, it will be included in the installation instructions anyway. The worst that can happen is that it will be updated!}}
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 * To install the base developer group package and '''packer''', enter the command:
   sudo pacman -S base-devel packer
+Once entered, simply follow the (simple) on-screen prompts to complete the installation process.
 = Searching for Software Packages =