"How To Install and Use The Chaotic AUR on Linux - Complete Guide"
52In this video, I cover how to install and use the Chaotic-AUR, an automated building repo for AUR packages with Arch Linux, Endeavour OS and Manjaro Linux.
https://github.com/chaotic-aur
Step 1. Install Chaotic-AUR Support.
First, install the primary key, the Chaotic-AUR keyring and the mirrorlist.
This can be done with the following three Terminal commands.
sudo pacman-key --recv-key FBA220DFC880C036 --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key FBA220DFC880C036
sudo pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst'
Next, we need to add the Chaotic-AUR repo to the end of the pacman.conf file.
This can be done with Nano through the Terminal.
First install nano with the below command.
sudo pacman –S nano
And then open the pacman.conf file with this command.
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and add the following.
[chaotic-aur]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist
Save the changes with CTRL + X.
Finally update your system with the following command.
sudo pacman –Syu
The Chaotic-AUR is now installed on your system.
Step 2. Installing Software from The Chaotic-Aur.
Installing software from the Chaotic-AUR is the same as any Arch based distribution, using Pacman commands through the Terminal.
For example, to install Spotify, I would use the following command.
sudo pacman –S spotify
Alternatively, you can use Pamac, a GUI front end for Pacman.
Pacman is preinstalled on Manjaro but you can install it on both Arch Linux and Endeavour OS with the following Terminal command.
sudo pacman –S pamac-nosnap
This will install Pamac with support from installing from the distribution repository, the Chaotic-AUR, the original AUR and Flathub.
Although you will need to enable the latter two using the advanced section of Pamac.
So to install Spotify using Pamac, search for the application using the search bar which will return many options.
First, under repositories, you have the Chaotic-AUR option, under AUR, you have the AUR version, and finally under Flatpak, you have the Flatpak version.
To install the Chaotic-AUR version, click on Repositories, click on the down arrow next to the Spotify option, and then click on the Apply button at the bottom.
Confirm the prompts, and Spotify will now be installed on your system.
Some final points to make, the Chaotic-AUR will take priority over any software installed by using the AUR, which means that any software previously installed from the AUR will be replaced by a build provided by the Chaotic-AUR.
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