So I just update my system, after probably a couple of months of not using it. I noticed that pacui can’t search for an AUR package anymore. Is there a way to enable it again?
I forgot to say I have yay installed, mb installed 
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Hi @Chronos ,
I cannot reproduce your issue.
Package Manager UI
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 Update System 2 Maintain System |
| 3 Install Packages 4 Remove Packages |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5 Dependency Tree 6 Reverse Dependency Tree |
| 7 List Package Files 8 Search Package Files |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
9 Roll Back System Z Fix Pacman Errors
Y Edit Config Files X List Packages by Size
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| W Force Update AUR |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Press number or (marked) letter H Help 0 Quit
3
downloading AUR package info (which can take a while) ...
####################################################################################################################################################### 100.0%
downloaded AUR package info
Sync Explicit (1): forum-scout-qt-0.6.6-1
:: forum-scout-qt is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: forum-scout-qt-0.6.6-1 and forum-scout-0.6.6-1 are in conflict. Remove forum-scout? [y/N] y
Packages (2) forum-scout-0.6.6-1 [removal] forum-scout-qt-0.6.6-1
Total Installed Size: 0,10 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: -0,01 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [--------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [--------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [--------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [--------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking available disk space [--------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Scanning packages for security issues...
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) removing forum-scout [--------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) installing forum-scout-qt [--------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/2) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
The culprit could be not running an update for some month’s.
For arch based rolling disro’s this is not a good practise 
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From reading Pacui Codeberg readme…
By default, Pacman is used for package management. If you want to enable the use of the AUR, PacUI needs at least one of these AUR helpers:
My guess would be that the problem is local to your machine – no wider issue seems to exist, and this makes finding a solution difficult; one can only make vague guesses.
For what it’s worth, I note that pacui hasn’t changed since July 22 – the same version (1:r1352.b7cc7d0-1) is in all branches:
mbn info pacui -q
Branch : unstable
Name : pacui
Version : 1:r1352.b7cc7d0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Wed 22 Jul 2026 00:41:38
Packager : Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>
Branch : testing
Name : pacui
Version : 1:r1352.b7cc7d0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Wed 22 Jul 2026 00:41:38
Packager : Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>
Branch : stable
Name : pacui
Version : 1:r1352.b7cc7d0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Wed 22 Jul 2026 00:41:38
Packager : Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>
You haven’t specified which “AUR helper” you have installed or the respective commands used that apparently are failing – nor have you provided outputs of any failed commands – there isn’t much to go on, at this time.
This indicates that you might use another AUR helper than yay or pamac-cli, which are in the Manjaro repos and therefore updated with the normal update. All other AUR helper must be updated from AUR, then pacUI should work normal again.
Pacui has been updated on unstable branch
Branch compare for Manjaro – pacui
stable :1:r1352.b7cc7d0-1
testing :1:r1352.b7cc7d0-1
unstable :1:r1365.9204e8b-1
[pkg-upd] 1:r1365.9204e8b-1 (76c5b926) · Commits · Packages / extra / pacui ·…
PKGBUILD includes optional dependencies pamac-cli and yay only for AUR support
PKGBUILD · master · Packages / extra / pacui · GitLab
pkgname=pacui pkgver=r1365.9204e8b pkgrel=1 epoch=1 pkgdesc="Bash script providing advanced Pacman and AUR helper functionality in a simple UI" arch=('any') url="https://codeberg.org/excalibur1234/pacui" license=('GPL-3.0-or-later') depends=( 'expac' 'fzf' 'less' 'pacman-contrib' 'pacman-mirrors' 'sudo' ) optdepends=( 'downgrade: Hidden downgrade option' 'flatpak: Flatpak update support' 'fwupd: Firmware update support' 'jq: JSON file filtering and AUR package formatting' 'pamac-cli: Option for AUR support' 'snapd: Snap update support' 'yay: Option for AUR support' )
I have yay installed
I suggest the following for convenience:
1. Install topgrade (a script designed to assist updating your system) and yay (an “AUR helper” applcation):
sudo pacman -S topgrade yay
2. Run topgrade:
topgrade
This simple command will run a typical system update using pacman and run yay to upgrade or rebuild any applications sourced via the AUR.
Using topgrade will give you time to learn the correct pamac and yay commands separately, while in the meantime ensuring no mistakes are made.
Hopefully, you will find this a useful addition.
Regards.
Note: Still waiting for the requested system information, as well as a clear indication of why you “Can’t search for AUR package”:
- What command(s) did you use?
- What were their outputs?
I tried searching for an aur package and it does not show it
pacui
However, it shows when I just use the standalone yay
> yay google-chrome
7 aur/chromedriver-beta 152.0.7977.8-1 (+3 0.00) [7h36m]
Standalone server that implements the W3C WebDriver standard (for google-chrome-beta)
6 aur/metamask-google-chrome 12.18.1-1 (+1 0.00) [428d16h] (Out-of-date: 2026-01-25)
Browser extension that enables browsing Ethereum blockchain enabled websites
5 aur/google-chrome-canary 153.0.7980.2-1 (+7 0.05) [6h45m]
The popular web browser by Google (Canary Channel)
4 aur/chromedriver 151.0.7922.71-1 (+52 0.16) [19h35m]
Standalone server that implements the W3C WebDriver standard (for google-chrome)
3 aur/google-chrome-beta 152.0.7977.8-1 (+359 0.43) [10h38m]
The popular web browser by Google (Beta Channel)
2 aur/google-chrome-dev 152.0.7967.2-1 (+652 0.38) [2d17h]
The popular web browser by Google (Dev Channel)
1 aur/google-chrome 151.0.7922.71-1 (+2364 14.98) [10h34m]
The popular web browser by Google (Stable Channel)
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==>
I am on unstable with the pacui update from a few hours ago (yay as helper):
Edit: Update your mirrors - from pacman-mirrors manpage
To create a mirrorlist using all default use
pacman-mirrors -f
The mirrorlist generation process can be refined through arguments and arguments with options, for example
pacman-mirrors --country Denmark --timeout 5
IMPORTANT
After all operations ALWAYS syncronize and update your system with
sudo pacman -Syyu
Does the search work on pamac?
Maybe pacui is using the wrong backend. Pamac has it’s own cache that has to be refreshed, yay uses aur directly.
I’m sure you must be familiar with the expression “use the right tool for the job” – the right tool, in this case, likely being pamac-cli or other “AUR helper”.
Example using pamac-cli:
pamac search --aur google-chrome
This returns all versions of google-chome-* available via the AUR.
Note that the open-source chromium is available from the official Manjaro repositories; basically the same browser but untouched by Google:
sudo pacman -S chromium
Of possible interest:
- Cheatsheet for
pacman– Not used for AUR. - Cheatsheet for
yay– An AUR “helper” application.
Yes it does
> pamac search google-chrome
chromedriver-beta 152.0.7977.8-1 AUR
Standalone server that implements the W3C WebDriver standard (for google-chrome-beta)
chromedriver 151.0.7922.71-1 AUR
Standalone server that implements the W3C WebDriver standard (for google-chrome)
metamask-google-chrome 12.18.1-1 AUR
Browser extension that enables browsing Ethereum blockchain enabled websites
google-chrome-dev 152.0.7967.2-1 AUR
The popular web browser by Google (Dev Channel)
google-chrome-canary 153.0.7980.2-1 AUR
The popular web browser by Google (Canary Channel)
google-chrome-beta 152.0.7977.8-1 AUR
The popular web browser by Google (Beta Channel)
google-chrome 151.0.7922.71-1 AUR
The popular web browser by Google (Stable Channel)
A few of thoughts:
- Where did you install
pacuifrom? fzfwas recently updated andpacuidepends on it - did it breakpacui?- How exactly did you search?
pacuihas more than one search mode. - Do you have the
$PACUI_AUR_HELPERenvironment variable set to anything? - There have been numerous commits added to
pacuiso you’d do well to try the new version as @pwx suggested but refer to point 1. before considering this.