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The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a repository that contains PKGBUILDs which are created and maintained by the community.

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What's the difference between pkg, pkg-bin and pkg-git on the AUR?

For example, there's https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop/, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop-bin/, and https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/github-desktop-git/. I took a look at the pkgbuilds and found no easily…
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VirtualBox is complaining that the kernel module is not loaded

I'm new to Manjaro and AUR, having an almost same problem like this one on Ubuntu: I have vagrant, virtualbox installed via pacman, then I try $ vagrant up VirtualBox is complaining that the kernel module is not loaded. Please run VBoxManage…
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unable to upgrade zoom on Arch Linux

I've got zoom installed on my Arch box. When I start it, it shows me a window which states on the bottom Version: 3.5.374815.0324. The problem is, I don't remember how I got this original version installed. I tried sudo pacman -R zoom which gives me…
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How to update an Arch Linux PKGBUILD file for new version (printer driver)?

I want to install the CUPS driver for the Brother QL-1060N label printer on Arch Linux. Fortunately, there is an AUR package available. (Arch is amazing.) However, the AUR package is a bit out of date. My question is, how can I edit the PKGBUILD…
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How to check an AUR package for malicious code?

Malicious code has been found and deleted later from 3 AUR packages acroread, blaz and minergate (e,g: acroread PKGBUILD detail). It was found in a commit released by a malicious user by changing the owner of the orphaned AUR package and including a…
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Should I worry about 'WARNING: Package contains reference to $srcdir'?

I was building font-manager package from AUR on my Arch system. It is throwing a warning while the process : ==> WARNING: Package contains reference to $srcdir usr/lib/font-manager/libfontmanager.so.0.7.9 Should I worry about this warning ? Is it…
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MongoDB installation size is huge

I need MongoDB to install on Arch Linux. It needs 180+GB free space for installation. However, I have 99GB partition where Arch Linux is installed and 107GB partition free. Can I installed MongoDB by ignoring all? Please suggest me how to get…
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Why is it sometimes necessary to manually import keys?

There are many packages on AUR which, when you attempt to install them, result in an error like: ==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified! This is resolved by importing the key with something like gpg --recv-keys 123456789ABCDEF.…
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How to force yaourt to install all updates

I'm trying to update my system via yaourt, but I'm getting an error due to a python package installed with pip instead of yaourt. I'm not succeeding in forcing yaourt to install the update, and I'd like to avoid to remove the package with pip and…
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Arch Linux: Why people do not do "make install" in PKGBUILD?

I'm analyzing different PKGBUILDs to learn creating packages for Arch. I saw in a lot of them, that they do make on sources, and then manually copy files in the different places with the install command, instead of running make install. Is there a…
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How do I find binary installed from AUR package?

I installed balena-cli from AUR (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/balena-cli/) using yay on my Arch box and all seemed to complete well but I can't find a balena-cli (or similar binary) on my system. How can I see what got installed and where the…
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I cannot install Yaourt: I do not have write permission for the directory

These are the instructions (https://manjaro.site/how-to-install-yaourt-on-arch-linux/) to install Yaourt: git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/package-query.git cd package-query makepkg -si cd .. git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yaourt.git cd…
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NordVPN not working on Manjaro

I can't make NordVPN work on Manjaro. I git cloned the repo, run makepkg -d in order to build it and resolve dependencies and then run sudo pacman -U nordvpn-bin-3.3.1_3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz But trying to execute any nordvpn-related command (login,…
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Arch/Hurd and the AUR

if i installed Arch/Hurd, Will I be able to use the AUR to install from source code since i will not be able to use the Arch/Linux binary packages ? have anyone tried to do that ?
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How am I supposed to inspect a PKGBUILD?

With AUR, you are expected to manually verify the PKGBUILD file and install scripts. What/how are you supposed to actually do this? What are some red flags to look for, what are common things done by legitimate packages that are "okay"? Often the…
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