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Reason: 'yay' is not in official Arch Linux repositories, so `sudopacman -S yay` will fail.Changes:- Remove sudo pacman -S yay- Add proper AUR installation steps- Add base-devel to pacman command, since it's required for AUR builds- Add --needed flag to avoid reinstalling existing packagesTested it on my system and it works.
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Reason: 'yay' is not in official Arch Linux repositories, so
sudo pacman -S yaywill fail.Changes:
Tested it on my system and it works.
Description
Fix incorrect yay installation instructions for Arch Linux
The current documentation suggests
sudo pacman -S yay,which fails because yay is not in the official Arch repositories (it's only available in AUR).
Changes:
sudo pacman -S yaylinegit clone+makepkgbase-develto system dependencies (required for AUR builds)--neededflag to avoid reinstalling existing packagesTested successfully on my Arch Linux system.
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Terminal output verifying the corrected installation steps work:

Checklist: