Use the ArchLinux User Repository
1. AUR Helper
paru
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
makepkg -si
Config
This config makes it so that by default it doesn’t always asks you to edit PKGCONFIG or show you how the source files were modified.
| # | nano ~/.config/paru/paru.conf |
|---|---|
| 1 | [options] |
| 2 | SkipReview |
Usage
Now you can just use paru as opposed to pacman, and it will install AUR packages automatically.
eg.
paru -S 7-zip-full
Keep in mind paru automatically calls sudo, so you don’t require to use it.
2. Custom Repo
Chaotic-AUR
First, install the primary key
sudo pacman-key --recv-key FBA220DFC880C036 --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key FBA220DFC880C036
sudo pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst'
Secondly, we need to activate the multilib repository
| # | sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf |
|---|---|
| 93 | [multilib] |
| 94 | Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist |
Then, add these lines to the end of the pacman config file
| # | sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf |
|---|---|
| 102 | [chaotic-aur] |
| 103 | Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist |
Finally, run a regular upgrade to have it properly setup.
sudo pacman -Syu
Usage
Now the AUR is available with regular pacman, so you can keep using it as normal.
eg.
sudo pacman -S 7-zip-full
One advantage of using this repository, is that it will just provide packages pre-compiled, so you get everything in one go, but it has less packages due to space limitations.