Chaotic AUR Setup

Simple setup script to add Chaotic AUR repository and install yay on Arch Linux systems.

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Quick Install

Run this command:

curl -sSL https://assets.i14a.dev/scripts/chaotic-aur.sh | sudo sh

This will automatically install yay (AUR helper) and set up the Chaotic AUR repository. Run as root.

Source code

chaotic-aur.sh

#!/bin/env bash

setup_chaotic() {
  pacman-key --recv-key 3056513887B78AEB --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
  pacman-key --lsign-key 3056513887B78AEB
  pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' --noconfirm
  pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst' --noconfirm

  echo -e "\n[chaotic-aur]\nInclude = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-mirrorlist" >> /etc/pacman.conf

  pacman -Syu yay --noconfirm
}

if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "This script must be run as root. Please run as root"
  exit 1
fi

setup_chaotic