How to install a package from AUR on Manjaro Linux - LinuxConfig.org

Since Manjaro is based off of Arch Linux, it inherits the amazing perk of having access to the Arch User Repository (AUR). If you don't know about the AUR, it's basically a huge repository of community submitted packages. If you've worked with PPAs on Ubuntu in the past, it's a lot like a centralized version of that... but it's much easier and safer as you'll see.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-a-package-from-aur-on-manjaro-linux

A step is missing before “yay will now be installed”. Running “makepkg -si” doesn’t install the package, it only builds it.

To install the package (once it’s build), run something like pacman -U package-name.pkg.tar.zst.

Correction: Instructions in the article work. No extra step needed - makepgk -si does it all. Thank you.