yaourtrc(5)

Name

yaourtrc - yaourt configuration file

/etc/yaourtrc

$HOME/yaourtrc

yaourt(8) obtains configuration data from the following sources in the following order:

ABS_REPO=(): List of repositories where PKGBUILD can be retreived by rsync. (see /etc/abs.conf)
AUTOSAVEBACKUPFILE=0: If set to 1, after each install, yaourt search for config files to backup (.pacnew files). It store all files in /var/lib/yaourt/. These files will be used later with yaourt -C to automerge current config files with new config files (.pacnew). This option requires root password or sudo configured to allow runing /usr/bin/pacdiffviewer without password.
DEVELBUILDDIR="/var/abs/local/yaourtbuild": Specify directory where to clone, build devel packages.
DEVEL=0: If set to 1, always search for new version of developpement CVS/SVN packages when upgrading (yaourt -Su).
EDITOR="$EDITOR": Define the editor to use (if the environment variable $EDITOR is not set) for PKGBUILD editing. Editor should not fork, for gvim: EDITOR="gvim --nofork"
FORCEENGLISH=0: If set to 1, yaourt use English for makepkg and pacman instead of system language.
FORCE=0: If set to 1, always bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files.
TMPDIR="/tmp": Specify the folder to save tempory files (default is /tmp).
SUDONOVERIF=0: If set to 1, yaourt doesn’t do sudo checks. (For users with timestamp_timeout=0 in sudoers)

AURCOMMENT=5: Show X last comments for packages built from AUR Unsupported. 0 to disable comments display, default to 5.
AURDEVELONLY=0: If set to 1, search only for new version of foreign developpement CVS/SVN packages when upgrading (yaourt -Su --devel).
AURSEARCH=1: If set to 0, don’t search for packages on AUR Unsupported
AURUPGRADE=0: If set to 1, always search for new version of packages installed from AUR Unsupported when upgrading (yaourt -Su).
AURVOTE=1: If set to 0, don’t check the vote status for inclusion/keeping in [community], and it is unable to vote.

EXPORT=0: Export builded package to $EXPORTDIR or, if not defined to $PKGDEST (see makepkg.conf(5)).
EXPORTSRC=0: Export sources to $EXPORTDIR or, if not defined to $SRCPKGDEST or $PKGDEST (see makepkg.conf(5)).
EXPORTDIR="": Specify the folder where yaourt export built packages for local repository.

NOCONFIRM=0: If set to 1, always use the default choice without confirmation.
UP_NOCONFIRM=0: If set to 1, do not prompt for AUR or build upgrades.
BUILD_NOCONFIRM=0: If set to 1, do not prompt while building.
EDITFILES=1: If set to 0, don’t propose to edit files (from AUR or from ABS).
NOENTER=1: If set to 0, user needs to press Enter for each "yes/no" question.

USECOLOR=1: If 0, disable colors.
DETAILUPGRADE=1: If set to 0, do not detail/parse updates (new version, release, packages).
SHOWORPHANS=1: If set to 0, don’t search for orphans
TERMINALTITLE=1: If set to 0, don’t show the current yaourt’s action in terminal title. By default, yaourt show messages like "Installing xxx from AUR".

PACMAN="pacman": Specify the pacman binary to use with yaourt
DIFFEDITCMD="vimdiff": Define the diff editor to use ($DIFFEDITCMD file1 file2).

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