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cialu
Asked: 2017-11-28 22:41:30 +0800 CST

Can I install Yaourt on Ubuntu?

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I saw this wiki page saying "yaourt is a standard installer in distros Manjaro and archLinux and popular in Ubuntu too". Does this mean that I can install Yaourt on Ubuntu? And, if yes, how could I install Yaourt on Ubuntu?

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  1. Yaourt is the front-end for the pacman package manager, so in order to get yaourt you would need to install pacman.

    Sadly you can't just apt-get install pacman; you'd have to compile it, then you'd have to compile yaourt.

    Using a different package manager than the one made for the specific distribution is a terrible idea and will lead to many problems in future.

    Yaourt supports AUR - all it does is git clone and then compile the package for you.

    Ubuntu has a similar thing in the form of PPAs.

    If you want detailed information on how to make pacman and yaourt run on Ubuntu I will help you, but I warn you that it will cause you nothing but pain and frustration and lead to a broken system.

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