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An AUR helper written in Rust and based on the design of yay. It aims to be your standard pacman wrapping AUR helper with minimal interaction.

Connected Worker Platform for Workflow Digitization and Process Management

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| Company | — | Startup from Estonia · 1 - 9 employees · 2025 |
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But you can also choose another one (like paru which is written in Rust), or if you're really going in Arch Linux way, get familiar with the manual build process. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago
Next compile / install the AUR package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-390xx-dkms - I'd recommend using a helper app like paru to help installing updates for it easier. Reboot and the nvidia v390 kernel module should have loaded. Source: over 3 years ago
Many users also use an AUR helper, which makes it easier to install and upgrade packages from the AUR. Yay and paru are the most popular. Source: over 4 years ago
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Helper tools for the AUR. Contribute to AladW/aurutils development by creating an account on GitHub.
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