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+#!/bin/bash
+
+baselink="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages"
+packages="package-query yaourt"
+#uncomment following for passing the packages as option
+#if [ -z $1 ]; then
+#    echo "usage: ./install_yaourt.sh <list of packages>"
+#    exit 1
+#fi
+#packages="$*"
+tmpfolder="getyaourt"
+
+sudo pacman -Syu
+
+for package in $packages; do
+
+    if [ -d /tmp/$tmpfolder ]; then
+        rm -rf /tmp/$tmpfolder #use sudo on a multiuser system
+    fi
+
+    mkdir /tmp/$tmpfolder
+
+
+    link=$(curl -s "$baselink/$package" | grep "Download tarball" | sed 's/"/\ /g' | awk '{print $3}')
+    cd /tmp/$tmpfolder
+    wget "https://aur.archlinux.org$link" && tar xzf * 
+
+    cd $package; makepkg -s
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        sudo pacman -U *.xz
+    else
+        echo "error: could not source PKGBUILD"
+    fi
+    cd - > /dev/null
+    rm -rf /tmp/$tmpfolder
+
+done
+
+echo; echo "everything done"; echo
+