update

A tiny shell script for Arch Linux that walks you through updating pacman and the AUR, one step at a time, instead of running everything blindly.

It prompts you at each stage so you stay in control of what gets updated and which AUR helper runs.

What it does

1. Asks:

   update
   (AUR/Pacman) :
   

   Type pacman to update official packages first.
2. Prints a big ASCII-art "pacman" banner, then runs sudo pacman -Syu, asking for your password and showing the usual sync / download / install output.
3. Once that finishes, it asks again:

   (AUR/Pacman) : aur
   

   Type aur to move on to AUR packages.
4. Prints a matching ASCII-art "aur" banner, then asks which AUR helper to use:

   (Paru/Yay) :
   

5. Runs the chosen helper (paru or yay) to sync and upgrade AUR and devel packages, including the package-exclusion prompt they normally show (e.g. Packages to exclude (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3):).

So a full run looks like:

update
(AUR/Pacman) : pacman
   ... pacman -Syu output ...
(AUR/Pacman) : aur
(Paru/Yay) : paru
   ... paru -Syu output ...

Requirements

• Arch Linux (or an Arch-based distro)
• sudo privileges for the pacman step
• At least one AUR helper installed:
  • paru
  • yay

Installation

git clone https://github.com/mtitla/update.git
cd update
chmod +x update.sh

Optionally put it in your $PATH:

sudo cp update.sh /usr/bin/update

Usage

./update.sh

or, if installed to your $PATH:

update

Answer the two prompts as they come:

• (AUR/Pacman) : → type pacman first, then run it again and type aur
• (Paru/Yay) : → type whichever helper you want for that run

Notes

• The script just drives pacman and your chosen AUR helper; it doesn't replace either one, both must already be installed.
• Since it asks separately for pacman and AUR, you can use it to update only one side if that's all you need that day.
• AUR packages aren't officially vetted by Arch, review the update list (and the exclusion prompt) before confirming.

License

MIT