Jonathan Dlouhy <dlouhy55@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 07/19/2012 12:18 PM, Jayesh Badwaik wrote: >> On Thursday 19 Jul 2012 17:13:44 Thorsten Jolitz wrote: >>> Hi List, >>> >>> when I want to install a new version from an already installed AUR >>> package - do I have to remove the old version first, or do I simply >>> follow the same steps as if there would be no old version on my machine >>> and pacman takes care of everything? >>> >>> >> You can just install the new version. Pacman takes care of it. But >> even better would be to use something like packer/yaourt. > > packer -Syu --auronly Packer must be new somehow, did not hear about it before (only about yaourt). So this would render my git-clone of the AUR repo superfluous, because it makes AUR packages as easily installable and updatable like packages form the official repos? -- cheers, Thorsten
