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Yet Another Yogurt: A utility for Arch Linux to build and install packages from the Arch User Repository.

Also see `pacman`.

• Interactively search and install packages from the repos and AUR:

yay {package_name|search_term}

• Synchronize and update all packages from the repos and AUR:

yay

• Synchronize and update only AUR packages:

yay -Sua

• Install a new package from the repos and AUR:

yay -S {package_name}

• Remove an installed package and both its dependencies and configuration files:

yay -Rns {package_name}

• Search the package database for a keyword from the repos and AUR:

yay -Ss {keyword}

• Remove orphaned packages (installed as dependencies but not required by any package):

yay -Yc

• Show statistics for installed packages and system health:

yay -Ps

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