Archlinux

Please note that the ArchWiki is a GREAT place to start. You should always go there first.

AUR

Helpers

• paru*
• Jgueryay Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go

• Currently using

For more, check out AUR helpers - ArchWiki

Troubleshooting

PKGBLD declares a dependency that I already have (not via pacman)

The situation was as follows: I was trying to install paru, which needed cargo to build. I had installed cargo via rustup.rs - The Rust toolchain installer, instead of via pacman. However, when running makepkg -si, I would be prompted which source I wanted to use to get cargo, even though I already had it.

The solution was to edit the PGKBLD by removing cargo from the makedepends=() array. I removed the entire line, since cargo was the only dependency.

This is a good example of the hands-on approach you might need to have when usint AUR packages.