Yes Jeffrey - Arch User Repositories or AUR.
WIZARD'S RECOMMENDED READING
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository
Daniel, g'day
I like your choice, but then I run about 8 Arch-based Distros, including 3 Manjaro.
The article I have linked to might appear to be a bit "doom and gloom", but so far, touch wood, I have not had any adverse experiences.
AUR is arguably the largest known Repository in the Linux world, so it is understandable that people might want to install from it.
The article also says, in part
You may also be asked if you wish to Edit PKGBUILD. Unless you know what you are doing, always type n for 'no' when asked.
You need a considerable amount of experience before you type y for yes in that regard, and I, for one, do not have that yet.
In other Linux Families :
- Sabayon makes use of Gentoo's Repositories and
- Linux Mint provides access to Ubuntu's Repositories
with little or no adverse affects.
Anecdotally, there is an element of risk associated with installing
any software that is outside of your Linux Distro's official repositories.
My best advice if you wish to do so, and generally speaking across the board, is to install Timeshift and take a full snapshot or incremental snapshot of your Distro before you install foreign software, then you can roll back if things head south for the winter
MORE RECOMMENDED READING
My Tute on Timeshift
https://www.linux.org/threads/timeshift-similar-solutions-safeguard-recover-your-linux.15241/
and for a simple overview, Arochester found this one from Linux Lite's Manual some time ago
https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/tutorials.html#timeshift
NOTE that with
mine where there is a video on how to install Timeshift in Manjaro, that appears to be now a little outdated and I will attend to that.
There may be no need to use "yaourt" which accesses the AUR, to install it.
Instead, I have found with my 3 Manjaro's that you can use
Hope this helps
Wizard