ERROR: target not found: yaourt

Question

I'm new to arch so any help on this subject is much appreciated. I have been trying to install yaourt on manjaro, but this is the error message I receive.

[manjaro@manjaro-pc ~]$ sudo pacman -S yaourt
error: target not found: yaourt

Solution

Yaourt was removed from the official servers of Arch Linux by serious security problems. Die.

It can no longer -or should not be- download from official repositories, and it's not safe to do it by any other means.

I recommend switching to safer alternatives for AUR packages, like aurman.

Links of interest:

• Yaourt is Dead! Use These Alternatives for AUR in Arch Linux
• Remove yaourt from [archlinuxfr] repo
• Arch Wiki - AUR helpers
• Archero ¡Deja de usar Yaourt! ¡Usa aurman! (Spanish)

Update with aurman installation:

You can install aurman with the following script:

#!/bin/bash

cd /tmp
gpg --recv-key 465022E743D71E39
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/aurman.git
cd aurman
makepkg -si
sudo sed -i '/^#Color/s/^#//' /etc/pacman.conf
aurman -Syu

The use of aurman is more simple that yaourt, and very similar to pacman.

Comments

[Reubenite King]

Thank you for your help! Finished installing aurman and everything works fine for now.

[jbarlow]

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