A small script for arch linux which builds and installs "pacaur" automatically. Fixed for use with new git-based AUR.

install-pacaur.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

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# Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Tatschner
# Modified by Ben Bristow (c) 2015
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buildroot="/tmp/build-$(id -u)"

# Ask for user passwort once, see sudo(8).
sudo -v

# Fetch Dave Reisner's key to verify cower.
gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 1EB2638FF56C0C53

# Make sure we can even build packages on arch linux.
sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm base-devel curl

mkdir -p ${buildroot}
mkdir ${buildroot}/cower ${buildroot}/pacaur

cd ${buildroot}/cower
curl -L https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=cower > PKGBUILD
makepkg --syncdeps --install --noconfirm

cd ${buildroot}/pacaur
curl -L https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=pacaur > PKGBUILD
makepkg --syncdeps --install --noconfirm