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Add to SafariWhen comparing Pakku vs paru, the Slant community recommends paru for most people. In the question“What are the best AUR helpers for Arch-based Linux distributions?” paru is ranked 6th while Pakku is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose paru is:
You can simply alias yay=paru if you switch from yay.
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Pros
Pro Auto removes build dependencies
Has option to auto remove all unused build dependencies.
Pro Wraps pacman
Installation or updates of official or aur packages can all be done with pakku.
Pro Uses pacman interface
Easy to use for anyone familiar with pacman.
Pro Based on the design of yay
You can simply alias yay=paru if you switch from yay.
Pro Fast
Paru is faster than yay.
Pro Actively maintained
With the main yay developer stepping away from yay, paru is more actively maintained than yay.
Pro Saner defaults than yay
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