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# yay
> Yet Another Yogurt: A utility for Arch Linux to build and install packages from the Arch User Repository.
> Also see `pacman`.
> More information: <https://github.com/Jguer/yay>.
- 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`