paru

Caution

to use the aur responsibly, you should to be able to review pkgbuild files
you should read and understand how-to-review-an-aur-package at bertptrs.nl

Note

find official documentation at:

• docs.rs/crate/paru
• github.com/Morganamilo/paru

installation

to install:
# pacman -S --needed base-devel
$ mkdir ~/.packages
$ cd ~/.packages
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
$ cd paru
$ makepkg -si
you may now remove ~/.packages and everything in it, if you wish

config

to edit:
# nvim /etc/paru.conf

suggested changes:
uncomment the following lines to enable these features
BottomUp (flips the order to put the best matches closest to the bottom)
NewsOnUpgrade (shows any arch news without needing to use your browser)