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Once the number(s) of your chosen software package(s) have been entered, and the installation process has begun, user comments from the AUR website may be displayed if using yaourt. You may also be presented with a standard warning that the download package is unsupported and potentially dangerous.  
Once the number(s) of your chosen software package(s) have been entered, and the installation process has begun, user comments from the AUR website may be displayed if using yaourt. You may also be presented with a standard warning that the download package is unsupported and potentially dangerous.  


You may also be asked if you wish to '''Edit PKGBUILD'''. Unless you know what you are doing, always type '''n''' for 'no' when asked. The purpose of this option is to allow experienced users to inspect the instructions that will be used to build the package(s) to be installed. As dependencies may also have to be installed first in the process, it is possible to be prompted several times to do this. Although you should just keep entering 'no' to these prompts, be aware that you will also be prompted on occasion to continue the installation as well. '''So make sure you read each prompt properly before entering anything,''' else you could end up aborting the installation by accident!
You may also be asked if you wish to '''Edit PKGBUILD'''. Unless you know what you are doing, always type '''n''' for 'no' when asked. The purpose of this option is to allow experienced users to inspect the instructions that will be used to build the package(s) to be installed. As dependencies may also have to be installed first in the process, it is possible to be prompted to edit these as well. Although you should just keep entering 'no' to these prompts, be aware that you will also be prompted on occasion to continue the installation as well. '''So make sure you read each prompt properly before entering anything,''' else you could end up aborting the installation by accident!
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