Yay is an AUR helper, a program that automates all the steps of installing something from the AUR.
The AUR or Arch User Repository is a way for individuals in the community to easily distribute software, or create software installers, without going though the work of getting something into the official repos.
Here’s the first thing I do on a new system, yay -S pamac. This will install pamac, a GUI for browsing, installing and uninstalling packages.
Pacman is the actual system package manager.
Yay is an AUR helper, a program that automates all the steps of installing something from the AUR.
The AUR or Arch User Repository is a way for individuals in the community to easily distribute software, or create software installers, without going though the work of getting something into the official repos.
Here’s the first thing I do on a new system,
yay -S pamac. This will install pamac, a GUI for browsing, installing and uninstalling packages.