arch user repository

the arch user repository (aur) is a list of packages, that are maintained by users. the aur provides a voting functionality. if enough people vote for a package, it will get added into the extra repository, which is directly accessible by pacman.

usage

to start using the aur, search and download PKGBUILD's from the aur web interface. these PKGBUILD's can be built into installable packages using makepkg and then installed using pacman.

1. install base-devel: required package to build packages from source
2. git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/package_name.git: clone the build repository from the aur.
3. run makepkg: compiles the code and packages it
4. pacman -U <package_file>: installs the package onto the system