How to install yaourt from a terminal (Arch Linux)

Here's one way to install yaourt, a wrapper for pacman that adds many features, using only a terminal and links.

Keyboard shortcuts I used in links:
Space Bar = scroll down
b = scroll up
d = download
q = quit

To copy/paste, highlight what you want to copy, and press the middle click to paste it at the cursor position. If you are not running X, you can run gpm, a daemon that enables the mouse.

Also, I setup my user, max, to be able to run sudo without a password. If you don't want to or don't know how to do this, run su to login as root, then run pacman from there.

DO NOT build packages as root! This could make installed packages only executable as root, depending on the package.

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[nantocsem]

this is an elegant way to install yaourt

[xxSwAmPxx]

Or try "Packer" is a lot better :) Check out my videos..

[calrogman]

Or cURL

[jal00n]

I can't help but think that wget might be simpler, and easier to follow.

[solaris10user]

Nice DSL :p

[fackamato]

Instead of clicking "files", you could just grab the tarball, and extract it. Voila! Same result, one less step. ;)

[keithmkennedy]

Thanks for the video, it helped me out.