yaourt
more than a frontend to pacman
TLDR
Synchronize and update all packages (including AUR)
Install a new package (includes AUR)
Remove a package and its dependencies (includes AUR packages)
Search the package database for a keyword (including AUR)
List installed packages, versions, and repositories (AUR packages will be listed under the repository name 'local')
SYNOPSIS
yaourt <operation> [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 <package>
Get PKGBUILD for ABS or AUR.
−P, −−pkgbuild <directory>
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 <dir>
Export built packages and their sources (makepkg(8)) 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.
−−pager
Use $PAGER to show search results.
−−tmp <dir>
Use <dir> as temporary folder. default to /tmp
BACKUP OPTIONS
yaourt −B
Backup alpm local database in current dir.
yaourt −B <dir>
Backup alpm local database in <dir>/pacman−date.tar.bz2
yaourt −B <file>
Restore alpm local database from <file>.
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 <file>
Query <file> 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 <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 <opts>
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))
BUGS
https://github.com/archlinuxfr/yaourt
AUTHORS
Original author:
- Julien MISCHKOWITZ <wain@archlinux.fr>
Current maintainers:
- larchunix <larchunix+yaourt@gmail.com>
- Igor <f2404@yandex.ru>
- Skunnyk <skunnyk@archlinux.fr>
Past maintainers:
- Tuxce <tuxce.net@gmail.com>
