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With this The user should never have to manually edit the yay config file. All options can be set directly through yay using `yay --<option> <value> --save`
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.TH "YAY" "8" "2018-02-29" "Yay v3\&.460+" "Yay Manual"
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.nh
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.ad l
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.SH "NAME"
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yay \- AUR Helper written in go
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.sp
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\fIyay\fR <operation> [options] [targets]
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.sp
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\fIyay\fR <search pattern>
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.sp
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Yay is a Pacman wrapper with AUR support\&. It passes options to Makepkg and
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Pacman after resolving packages to install/upgrade\&.
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.sp
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This manpage only covers options unique to Yay\&. For other options see
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\fBpacman(8)\fR\&.
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.SH "YAY OPERATIONS"
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.PP
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\fB\-Y, --yay\fR
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.RS 4
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Perform yay specific operations\&. This is the default if no other operation is
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selected\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-P, --print\fR
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.RS 4
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Perform yay specific print operations\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-G, --getpkgbuild\fR
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.RS 4
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Downloads PKGBUILD from ABS or AUR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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If no operation is selected -Y will be assumed\&.
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.SH "EXTENDED PACMAN OPERATIONS"
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.PP
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\fB\-S, -Si, -Ss, -Su\fR
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.RS 4
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These operations are extended to support both AUR and repo packages\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-R\fR
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.RS 4
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Yay will also remove cached data about devel packages\&.
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.RE
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.SH "YAY OPTIONS (APPLY TO -Y AND --YAY)"
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.PP
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\fB<NO OPTION>\fR
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.RS 4
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Displays a list of packages matching the search terms and prompts the user on
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which packages to install (yogurt mode)\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB \-\-gendb\fR
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.RS 4
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Generate development package databse\&. Tracks the latest commit for each
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development package, when there is a new commit Yay will know to update\&. This
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is done per package whenever a package is synced. This option should only be
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used when migrating to Yay from another AUR helper.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-c \-\-clean\fR
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.RS 4
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Remove unneeded dependencies\&.
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.RE
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.SH "PRINT OPTIONS (APPLY TO -P AND --PRINT)"
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\fB\-c \-\-complete\fR
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.RS 4
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Print a list of all AUR and repo packages\&. This is to allow shell completion
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and is not intended to be used directly by the user\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-f \-\-fish\fR
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.RS 4
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During complete adjust the output for the fish shell\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-d \-\-defaultconfig\fR
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.RS 4
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Print default yay configuration\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-g \-\-config\fR
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.RS 4
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Print current yay configuration\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-n \-\-numberupgrades\fR
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.RS 4
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Print number of packages that need to be updated\&. Note this does not preform
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a database refresh\&. Run \fByay -Sy\fR Before this for an up to date result\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-s \-\-stats\fR
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.RS 4
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Displays information about installed packages and system health\&. If there are
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orphaned, out-of-date or packages that no longer exist on the AUR warnings will
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be displayed\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-u \-\-upgrades\fR
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.RS 4
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Print Names of packages that need to be updated\&. Note this does not preform
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a database refresh\&. Run \fByay -Sy\fR Before this for an up to date result\&.
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.PP
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.SH "PERMANENT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS"
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.PP
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\fB\-\-save\fR
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.RS 4
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Causes the following options to be saved back to the config file\&. This
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provides an easy way to change config options without directly editing the
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file\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-builddir <dir>\fR
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.RS 4
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Directory to use for Building AUR Packages\&. This directory is also used as
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the AUR cache when deciding if Yay should should skip builds\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-editor <file>\fR
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.RS 4
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Editor to use when editing PKGBUILDs\&. If this is not set the \fBEDITOR\fR
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environment variable will be checked, followed by \fBVISUAL\fR\&. If none of
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these are set Yay will prompt the user for an editor\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-makepkg <file>\fR
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.RS 4
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The command to use for \fBmakepkg\fR calls. This can be a command in
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\fBPATH\fR or an absolute path to the file\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-pacman <file>\fR
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.RS 4
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The command to use for \fBpacman\fR calls. This can be a command in
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\fBPATH\fR or an absolute path to the file\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-tar <file>\fR
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.RS 4
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The command to use for \fBbsdtar\fR calls. This can be a command in
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\fBPATH\fR or an absolute path to the file\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-git <file>\fR
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.RS 4
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The command to use for \fBgit\fR calls. This can be a command in
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\fBPATH\fR or an absolute path to the file\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-config <file>\fR
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.RS 4
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The pacman config file to use\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-requestsplitn <n>\fR
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.RS 4
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The maximum amount of packages to request per AUR query\&. The higher the
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number the faster AUR requests will be\&. Requesting too many packages in one
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AUR query will cause an error\%. This should only make a noticeable difference
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with very large requests (>500) packages\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-topdown\fR
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.RS 4
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Display repository packages first and then AUR packages\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-bottomup\fR
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.RS 4
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Show AUR packages first and then repository packages\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-devel\fR
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.RS 4
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During sysupgrade also check AUR development packages for updates\&. Currently
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only GitHub packages are supported\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-nodevel\fR
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.RS 4
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Do not check for development packages updates during sysupgrade\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-afterclean\fR
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.RS 4
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Remove package sources after successful Install\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-noafterclean\fR
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.RS 4
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Do not remove package sources after successful Install\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-timeupdate\fR
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.RS 4
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During sysupgrade also compare the build time of installed packages against
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the last modification time of each package's AUR page\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-notimeupdate\fR
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.RS 4
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Do not consider build times during sysupgrade\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-redownload\fR
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.RS 4
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Always download pkgbuilds of targets even when a copy is available in cache\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-redownloadall\fR
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.RS 4
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Always download pkgbuilds of all AUR packages even when a copy is available
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in cache\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-noredownload\fR
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.RS 4
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When downloading pkgbuilds if the pkgbuild is found in cache and is equal or
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newer than the AUR's version use that instead of downloading a new one\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-mflags <flags>\fR
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.RS 4
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Passes arguments to makepkg\&. These flags get passed to every instance where
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makepkg is called by Yay. Arguments are split on whitespace before being
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passed to makepkg. Multiple arguments may be passed by supplying a space
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separated list that is quoted by the shell.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-sudoloop\fR
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.RS 4
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Loop sudo calls in the background to prevent sudo from timing out during long
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builds\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-\-noloop\fR
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.RS 4
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Do not loop sudo calls in the background\&.
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.RE
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.PP
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yay \fIfoo\fR
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.RS 4
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Search and install from the repos and the \fBAUR\fR\ using yogurt mode\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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yay -Syu
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.RS 4
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Update package list and upgrade all currently installed repo and \fBAUR\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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yay -S \fIfoo\fR
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.RS 4
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Installs package \fIfoo\fR from the repos or the \fBAUR\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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yay -Ss \fIfoo\fR
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.RS 4
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Searches for package \fIfoo\fR on the repos or the \fBAUR\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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yay -Si \fIfoo\fR
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.RS 4
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Gets information about package \fIfoo\fR from the repos or the \fBAUR\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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yay -S \fIfoo\fR --mflags "--skipchecksums --skippgpcheck"
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.RS 4
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Installs \fIfoo\fR while skipping checksums and pgp checks\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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yay --devel --save
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.RS 4
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Sets devel to true in the config\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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yay --stats
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.RS 4
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Shows statistics for installed packages and system health\&.
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.RE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.sp
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\fBmakepkg\fR(8)
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\fBpacman\fR(8)
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\fBpacman\&.conf\fR(5)
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.PP
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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\&.
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.SH "BUGS"
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.PP
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Please report bugs to our GitHub page https://github\&.com/Jguer/yay
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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Jguer <joaogg3@gmail\&.com>
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.br
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Morgana <morganamilo@gmail\&.com>
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