Using yay instead of pacman

On Arch Linux, you need to type “sudo pacman -S hogehoge” to install an application, but there is a shorter way to do it.

Installing “yay”
How to use “yay”
Command Correspondence Table

Installing “yay”

$ sudo pacman -S yay

Manjaro has “yay” registered in the official repositories, so it can be installed with the pacman command.

How to use “yay”

“yay” can be run as an ordinary user without sudo, but you may be asked to enter your password if necessary.

Command Correspondence Table

yay command	pacman command	debian system	Contents
yay -Ss foo	pacman -Ss foo	apt search foo	Searching for packages
yay -S foo	sudo pacman -S foo	sudo apt install foo	Installing packages
yay -R foo	sudo pacman -R foo	sudo apt remove foo	Removing packages
yay	sudo pacman -Syu	sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade	Updating packages

In my case, when I start Manjaro, the first thing I do is launch Terminal and type “yay” to keep myself from typing, which could have been done with cron, but somehow I just thought, “Come on! Let’s get started! I can use cron, but I feel like, “Let’s get started!