Don't have write permissions to $BUILDDIR

[Jxra2000]

Complete noob to Linux, i’m trying to install yay. The only cmds I know are sudo, and pacman. So linux jargon just confused the ■■■■ outta me. Just need to know why I don’t have permissions, and how to get them. Also any other tips for a noob would be great.

[mithrial]

Why do you think you need yay?

You can install with pamac: pamac install yay

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @Jxra2000, and welcome!

@Jxra2000

Complete noob to Linux,

If this is true, then

@Jxra2000

i’m trying to install yay.

I don’t suggest this. Instead, I recommend Manjaro’s own pamac. It comes with Manjaro, and does a lot more things automagically that you’d need to do manually if you used yay.

Also, be careful of XY problems, they are quite common, quite easy to make and can cause many hours of grief. I suspect this question is an example of one.

Also, have a look at:

[HowTo] become a Manjaro power user when you're a wizard at Windows but a N00b at Manjaro / Linux

Difficulty: ☆☆☆☆☆ Remember when you installed your very first Windows, added bells and whistles and then couldn’t see the wood for the trees any more and had to re-install? Well, you’re in the same situation now: You’re a N00b again! Embrace it! I know right now you’re thinking:

Why is this so much more difficult than Windows?

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Whereas in 6 months time, you’ll be like:

Why can't I make Windows jump through fiery hoops like I do with Linux???

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[Nachlese]

@Jxra2000

Just need to know why I don’t have permissions,

… permissions to do what?

If you go ahead and change things in places you know nothing about
using commands you know nothing about
your functioning system will soon be history.

[andreas85]

@Jxra2000

Also any other tips for a noob would be great.

Make Backups:

[HowTo] make a crash-proof backup in Manjaro for your entire system

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ If you follow the tutorial completely, you will be able to create a backup of your entire system not only limited to Manjaro, but also including Windows, RHEL, Ubuntu, … and whatever else you might have installed on your system! Even if you replace your HDD by an SSD, your HDD crashes, your entire system gets stolen, … you can always restore a Cold System backup to an identical system (You cannot restore E.G. a Dell XPS onto a Dell PowerEdge and then expect that to…

Please install 2 kernels (one of them LTS)

Manjaro Kernels

Gentle shut down a suddenly hanged PC to minimize a chance of getting a broken filesystem and data loss:

[HowTo] reboot / turn off your frozen computer: REISUB/REISUO

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ This tutorial was created because people are using a hard power off during freezes, so this will teach you how to turn off your computer when everything is frozen using softer means. So whenever you see someone saying they had to “Power Off” or “Hard Reset” their system without doing a REISUB, please send them here! If you’re reading this in response to a question, please click the green link above this text to bring you to the full unabridged text of the tutorial…

https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/sysrq.html

(Wisdom lies in reading )