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Install paru on CachyOS

Feature packed AUR helper.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide · Read the paru guide

How do I install paru on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal:

sudo pacman -S paru

paru is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing paru?

  1. Run paru in a terminal.
  2. Run pacman -Qi paru to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

Full paru guide: first run, key settings, common fixes and uninstall

How do I update or remove paru?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns paru

What is paru?

Feature packed AUR helper.

Package description: Feature packed AUR helper

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    Morganamilo/paru · ★ 9,064 stars · last commit Oct 28, 2026 · latest release Oct 29, 2026

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. Support for libalpm v16.0.0Closed

      Pacman v7.1.0 and libalpm v16.0.0 got released in arch-testing as of today. The new version of libalpm break paru (as intended), and as of now paru is not compatible with libalpm v16: patching with patchelf : paru: symbol lookup error: paru: undefined symbol:…

      @LeGmask · · 217 reactions · 182 comments · View on GitHub

    2. Compilation fails with libalpm v16.0.1Closed

      OS: Arch Linux libalpm version: 16.0.1 (from pacman 7.0.0+) paru version attempted: 1.11.0 (stable) and latest git Rust/Cargo: Latest from official repositories Paru fails to compile on systems with the latest pacman update that includes libalpm v16.0.1. Both the stable release…

      @jojojojojoj5564656465465 · · 139 reactions · 46 comments · View on GitHub

    3. Add fallback to GitHub AUR mirror when aur.archlinux.org is downOpen

      Currently, paru relies only on aur.archlinux.org. When aur.archlinux.org is down (e.g. high load or DDoS attack), paru cannot search or fetch packages. The Arch Linux team provides an GitHub mirror of AUR packages: Would it be possible for paru to automatically fall back to the…

      @Zesko · · 126 reactions · 18 comments · View on GitHub

    4. Place repo into organization, establish governance + other contributorsOpen

      All We have several PRs and issues around the libalpm updates that are sitting in the queue. The repo owner (who also has commit rights on the libalpm rust bindings under the archlinux org) has only just become active in the last 8 hours after been inactive for most of the month.…

      @olsonjeffery · · 59 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    5. paru brokenClosed

      I can't check version I use paru -Syu to upgrade paru, and do pacman -Syu paru: error while loading shared libraries: libalpm.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

      @b1nhack · · 53 reactions · 20 comments · View on GitHub

    6. Warning if package was orphaned then adoptedOpen

      This is an idea to help protect against AUR compromises. I propose paru displays a loud warning when trying to install or upgrade a package that was orphaned and then adopted. Showing it in color in the initial confirmation screen, before jumping to the PKGBUILD diff review,…

      @haplo · · 39 reactions · 10 comments · View on GitHub

    7. paru build errorClosed

      [yang@Thinkpad paru]$ makepkg -si ==> 正在创建软件包：paru 2.1.0-2 (2025年12月14日 星期日 00时54分51秒) ==> 正在检查运行时依赖关系... ==> 正在检查编译时依赖关系 ==> 获取源代码... -> 正在下载 paru-2.1.0.tar.gz... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0…

      @y-fy06 · · 32 reactions · 39 comments · View on GitHub

    8. Panic when listing AUR packages in AUR repositoryClosed

      paru v2.1.0 - libalpm v15.0.0 Yes Today I've started to get an error on paru -Sl aur. It happens on both the latest release and -git version. I wonder if there's a package with a weird name in the AUR. I've tried to check the last modified packages but, at first glance, didn't…

      @justbispo · · 21 reactions · 20 comments · View on GitHub

    9. Garbled data in TAB completionsClosed

      paru v2.1.0 - libalpm v15.0.0 tab completions randomly started showing garbled data in tab completions, and it seems as some data is being corrupted on completions, some packages seem to not show up either, such as proton-ge-custom-bin around line 15000, paru -Pc output starts to…

      @ayrudev · · 19 reactions · 11 comments · View on GitHub

    10. Allow auto-accepting "trivial" PKGBUILD changesOpen

      Have you checked the readme and man page for this feature? Yes. Have you checked previous issues for this feature? Yes. Since AUR recipes are not externally reviewed, the default paru configuration asks users to review full build recipes on first package installation, and recipe…

      @HadrienG2 · · 18 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    11. Paru does not install git in chrootOpen

      2.1.0 Trying to build a git package in a clean chroot will give As expected installing git in the chroot fixes the issue. There are two possible solutions to this: Paru will install git alongside base-devel in the chroot. As paru can hanlde git packages this seems to be a…

      @Nanodunkel · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    12. A key added to validpgpkeys by an AUR update is not offered for import until the next runOpen

      paru v2.1.0 - libalpm v16.0.1, and master 7830fac built locally Yes: #619 is this bug (closed in 2023 with no linked change; the code is the same today), and the cause is the one suggested there: "paru was reading what key to use before pulling". When an AUR package already in…

      @Username2481632 · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    13. Add config option to not deleting diffs on `paru -Sc`Open

      Currently running paru -Sc/paru -Scc always defaults to deleting all the package diffs, which IMO is the wrong default, because usually the diffs are pretty small and it means I have to re-audit the AUR packages I update from scratch. See It would be nice if there were a config…

      @titaniumtraveler · · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    14. A feature to prevent the machine from sleeping while paru is runningOpen

      y y I’d like a feature that prevents the machine from going to sleep while paru is running. This can be done with systemd-inhibit paru, but I’d like an option in paru.conf that makes paru behave the same way when I simply type paru followed by a command.

      @ghost · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    15. paru fails to resolve dependencies containing evaluated variables in PKGBUILDOpen

      paru v2.1.0 - libalpm v16.0.1 When building an AUR package that uses variable interpolation inside dependency arrays in its PKGBUILD (e.g. depends=("electron${electronVersion}")), paru fails to resolve or install the resulting dependency before invoking makepkg. Building the…

      @ghost · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    paru on CachyOS: questions

    Is paru in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The paru package is in the cachyos repo, version 2.1.0-3, built 2026-05-24. Install it with sudo pacman -S paru.

    Do I need an AUR helper for paru?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the paru command?

    paru. The package is called paru.