yaourt's Introduction

NAME

yaourt - more than a frontend to pacman

SYNOPSIS

Usage:

yaourt <operation> [options] [packages]

yaourt <search pattern|package file>

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, ...

Since the majority of those options are same as pacman's ones (https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman.8.html), this manual page will focus on the specific ones.

-B, --backup: Backup or restore alpm local database.
-C: Manage .pac* files.
-G, --getpkgbuild <package>: Get PKGBUILD for ABS or AUR.
-P, --pkgbuild <directory>: Build package from PKGBUILD found in a local directory. Also install the package with -i.
-Q, --query: Query local database + Can sort packages by installation date, possibility to delete orphans.
-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.
--stats: Show some statistics about your packages.
-V, --version: Display version and exit.
-h, --help: Display a short help.

--color: Force color.
--export <dir>: Export built packages and their sources to <dir>.
--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.
--edit: Always edit files, even when the configuration says otherwise.
--pager: Use $PAGER to show search results.
--tmp <dir>: Use <dir> as temporary folder. default to '/tmp'