It spits out all the packages with SEARCHTERM in its name or description. The packages are listed like “REPO/PACKAGE” , where REPO tells you if it’s from the official repos (core/extra/multilib) or from the AUR.
Then pick the number of the package from the list and that’s it.
If you want to update all your packages, even the AUR ones just enter yay and press enter on the follow-up questions. If you update with pacman -Syu then AUR packages won’t get updated.
Also Octopi is a nice frontend for yay and pacman. Not as fancy as Discover or Pamac but it does its job well.
I’m sure it is, but it’s a matter of remembering/knowing how the commands work vs literally clicking labelled buttons.
Also I’m sure if this was on Reddit, I’d be getting downvoted like crazy, so I appreciate y’all being helpful instead of doing that.
yay SEARCHTERMIt spits out all the packages with SEARCHTERM in its name or description. The packages are listed like “REPO/PACKAGE” , where REPO tells you if it’s from the official repos (core/extra/multilib) or from the AUR.
Then pick the number of the package from the list and that’s it.
If you want to update all your packages, even the AUR ones just enter
yayand press enter on the follow-up questions. If you update with pacman -Syu then AUR packages won’t get updated.Also Octopi is a nice frontend for yay and pacman. Not as fancy as Discover or Pamac but it does its job well.