Yaourt

 

yaourt -Syu --aur updates all packages and other commands

Search and install
yaourt : quick search + install
yaourt -S : install package, Compile it from AUR if needed
yaourt -Ss : search on repos and on AUR (with notice for already installed packages)
yaourt -Sb : install a packages by compilation from sources (abs)
yaourt -Sl : prompt for packages of the selected repos (emphasize those already installed)
yaourt -Qs : colorized output of installed packages and the repos where they come from
yaourt -Qo : shows the package which provides the program or the file
Upgrade:
yaourt -Syu : complete update and upgrade of the system (onlys from repos)
yaourt -Syu  --aur : complete update and upgrade, even for packages coming from AUR
yaourt -Sybu --aur : complete update and upgrade by compilation of all packages (repos and AUR)
yaourt -Su --devel : update and upgrade of cvs/svn/mercurial/git packages
Cleaning:
yaourt -C : editing and merging of .pacnew/.pacsave
yaourt -Cc : removal of all .pacnew/.pacsave
yaourt -Qt : search for orphaned packages
yaourt -Cd : search for obsolete repos

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NAME
yaourt − more than a frontend to pacman

SYNOPSIS
yaourt [options] [packages]

yaourt (search pattern|package file)

DESCRIPTION
Yaourt is a pacman frontend with a lot of features.

AUR/ABS support, colorized output, interactive search/install, save/restore Alpm database, orphans detection, manage .pac* files, ...

OPERATIONS
Since the majority of those options are the same as pacman’s (pacman(8)), this manual page will focus on the yaourt-specific ones.

−B, −−backup

Backup or restore alpm local database. See Backup Options.

−C

Manage .pac* files. See Clean Options.

−G, −−getpkgbuild

Get PKGBUILD for ABS or AUR.

−P, −−pkgbuild

Build package from PKGBUILD found in a local directory.

−Q, −−query

Query local database + Can sort packages by installation date, possibility to delete orphans. See Query Options.

−R, −−remove

Remove package(s) from the system.

−U, −−upgrade

Upgrade or add package(s) to the system.

−S, −−sync

Synchronize packages + AUR support, building from sources. See Sync Options.

−−stats

Show some statistics about your packages.

−V, −−version

Display version and exit.

−h, −−help

Display a short help.

OPTIONS
−−color

Force color.

−−export

 

Export built packages and their sources (makepkg(8)) to

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−−force

Force installation or updates.

−−insecure

Allow curl & package−query to perform "insecure" SSL connections

−−nocolor

Disable color.

−−noconfirm

Don’t ask for confirmation.

−−confirm

Always ask for confirmation, even when the configuration says otherwise.

−−pager

Use $PAGER to show search results.

−−tmp

 

Use

as temporary folder. default to /tmp

 

BACKUP OPTIONS
yaourt −B

Backup alpm local database in current dir.

yaourt −B

 

Backup alpm local database in

/pacman−date.tar.bz2

 

yaourt −B

Restore alpm local database from .

CLEAN OPTIONS
Manage .pacnew, .pacsave and .pacorig files.

−c, −−clean

Clean all these files.

PKGBUILD OPTIONS
Build package from PKGBUILD found in a local directory..

−i, −−install

Also install the package.

QUERY and SYNC OPTIONS
−−conflicts

Show packages that conflict with one of the targets.

−−depends

Show packages that depend on one of the targets.

−−provides

Show packages that provide one of the targets.

−−replaces

Show packages that replace one of the targets.

−−nameonly

Query the package names only (names and descriptions are queried by default).

QUERY OPTIONS
−−backupfile

Query instead of alpm/aur.

−−date

List queries result sorted by installation date.

−d, −−deps

Filter output to packages installed as dependencies.

−t, −−unrequired

Filter output to packages not required by any currently installed package. With −d, yaourt list all real orphans and ask for deletion.

SYNC OPTIONS
−a, −−aur

Also search in AUR database. With −u or −−sysupgrade, upgrade aur packages that are out of date. With −Qm, display more info about foreign package.

−A, −−ignorearch

Pass −A or −−ignorearch option to makepkg(8) to ignore PKGBUILD(5) arch field.

−−aur−url

Specify a custom AUR url (default to https://aur.archlinux.org).

−b, −−build

Build from sources, ABS for official packages, or AUR if packages is not found. Specify this option twice to build all dependencies.

−−devel

With −u or −−sysupgrade, search an update for devel packages.

−i, −−info

Display dependency and other information for a given package. This will search through all repositories and AUR database for a matching package.

−−maintainer

Search packages by maintainer instead of name (AUR only). Empty query will search for orphaned packages.

−−m-arg

Pass additional options to makepkg(8). To pass more than one option, put them in quotes.

−u, −−sysupgrade

Upgrade all packages that are out of date.

HANDLING CONFIG FILES
With AUTOSAVEBACKUPFILE (yaourtrc(5)), yaourt will search and save all files marked as backup. These files can be used later with yaourt −C to automerge current configuration files with new ones.

CONFIGURATION
See yaourtrc(5) for more details on configuring yaourt using the yaourtrc file.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
MAKEPKG

Set an alternative makepkg(8) command.

PACMAN

Set an alternative pacman(8) command.

TMPDIR

Set a temporary folder to use.

YAOURT_COLORS

Set a user defined colors. (see package-query(8))

SEE ALSO
yaourtrc(5), makepkg(8), pacman(8)

See the yaourt website at http://archlinux.fr/yaourt−en/ for more info.