yay

Recipe card from the charly-tools plugin (Images — the deployable catalog).

yay – AUR helper for Arch Linux

Candy Properties

Property	Value
Install files	`charly.yml` (`run:` step)
Depends	none

Packages

PAC: base-devel, git

Install Script

The run: step downloads the latest yay binary from GitHub releases:

# yay charly.yml — steps are an ordered list under plan:
yay:
  candy:
    version: 2026.144.1443
    plan:
      - run: download the latest yay binary from GitHub releases
        command: |
          URL=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/Jguer/yay/releases/latest \
            | grep -o "https://github.com/Jguer/yay/releases/download/[^\"]*_${BUILD_ARCH}.tar.gz")
          curl -fsSL "$URL" | tar -xzf - -C /usr/local/bin --strip-components=1 --wildcards '*/yay'
        run_as: root

Architecture-aware: ${BUILD_ARCH} expands to the correct binary for x86_64 or aarch64 at build time.

What It Does

Installs the yay AUR helper, which enables the aur: package format in charly.yml. Any candy with an aur: section requires a builder that has the yay candy (and builds: [aur] capability). The base-devel and git packages are prerequisites for building AUR packages.

Usage

# charly.yml — typically in a builder image (compose the candy inline)
my-builder:
  candy:
    base: arch
    candy: [yay]

Not used directly in end-user boxes. Instead, it’s part of the builder image that compiles AUR packages during multi-stage builds.

Used In Boxes

/charly-distros:arch-builder — Arch build infrastructure image

/charly-coder:build-toolchain — C/C++ build tools (also in arch-builder)
/charly-distros:arch-aur-test — test candy that validates AUR builds

When to Use This Skill

Use when the user asks about:

AUR package support in OpenCharly
The yay candy or AUR helper installation
How aur: packages in charly.yml get built
The arch-builder box’s AUR capability

/charly-image:layer — candy authoring reference (charly.yml schema, plan-step verbs, service declarations)
/charly-check:check — declarative testing (check: block, charly check box, charly check live)

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