Install yay on Arch

How to install git and base-devel packages

Type the following packman command to install git client if not installed your system:

 $ sudo pacman -S git base-devel

How to install package-query

Next install package-query:

 $ cd /tmp/ $ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/package-query.git $ cd package-query && makepkg -si && cd /tmp/

How to compile and install yaourt

Run the following commands: 

$ cd /tmp/ $ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git $ cd yay && makepkg -si

How to use yaourt

General syntax is:

 yay yay [options] yay -S pkg yay --stats yay --help

How do I search for packages?

$ yay list $ yay htop $ yay snapd