yay
| Version | 2026.144.1443 |
| Repo | superproject |
yay — AUR helper for building Arch User Repository packages Downloads the latest yay release binary to /usr/local/bin/yay and pulls base-devel + git (on Arch) for building AUR packages. Verifiable: the yay binary lands at /usr/local/bin/yay, is executable, and reports its version.
Acceptance plan
Section titled “Acceptance plan”This candy’s plan: — the runnable spec charly check executes against a live deployment. check: steps are idempotent probes; run: steps change state.
| Intent | Step |
|---|---|
run |
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’ |
check |
the yay binary is installed at /usr/local/bin/yay |
check |
yay runs and reports its version |