How to install Pikaur AUR Helper on Manjaro or Archlinux


        
            
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            How to install Pikaur on Manjaro 20.2 recent
Pikaur is one of the best AUR helpers
1. Download required packages
sudo pacman -S fakeroot binutils python-commonmark pyalpm make
2. Create (temporary) directory for pikaur build and enter it
mkdir ~/pikaur && cd ~/pikaur
3. Download PKGBUILD for pikaur:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/actionless/pikaur/master/PKGBUILD
4. Make the pikaur package:
makepkg
5. Install the generated package:
sudo pacman -U pikaur-git* 
6. Back to home & Remove temp directory
cd ~ && rm -rf ~/pikaur
7. Install something from AUR:
pikaur -S wire-desktop
Congratulations! Search for packages here: aur.archlinux.org or by issuing "pikaur -Ss package-name".
Good luck