Automate AUR package installation without another package!

README.md

How to

1. Make a new aur-install.sh file
2. Paste the following code into the file

   #!/bin/bash
   
   if [ -z "$1" ]
   then
       echo "=================================================="
       echo "specify a package to install duhh"
       echo "=================================================="
       exit 1
   else
       if ! git clone "https://aur.archlinux.org/$1.git"
       then
           echo "=================================================="
           echo "FATAL: No such pacakge found on aur"
           echo "=================================================="
           exit 1
       else
           echo "=================================================="
           echo "Starting package build"
           echo "=================================================="
           cd $1
           if ! makepkg -si
           then
               echo "=================================================="
               echo "FATAL: Could not build the package, removing directory..."
               echo "=================================================="
               cd ..
               if ! rm -rf $1
               then
                   echo "=================================================="
                   echo "ERROR: Could not delete the source directory, you can delete it yourself tho"
                   echo "=================================================="
                   exit 1
               else
                   echo "=================================================="
                   echo "successfully removed dir $1"
                   echo "=================================================="
                   exit 0
               fi
               exit 1
           else
               echo "=================================================="
               echo "Sucessfully built package! Removing src directory"
               echo "=================================================="
               cd ..
               if ! rm -rf $1
               then
                   echo "=================================================="
                   echo "ERROR: Could not delete the source directory, you can delete it yourself tho"
                   echo "=================================================="
                   exit 1
               else
                   echo "=================================================="
                   echo "successfully installed $1!!"
                   echo "=================================================="
                   exit 0
               fi
           fi
       fi
   fi

3. Open up a terminal and run chmod x+a aur-install.sh
4. for installing a package, run ./aur-install.sh <packagename>

For making it an actual command, add a new alias in your .bashrc : alias aur-install="/path/to/aur-install"

This is smart.

How about adding this to AUR and then making it run using a command instead of linking it to a file??

Will be more easier and cleaner!