A simple pacman wrapper script that allows you to search for packages in pacman and then if you'd like, install them.

pacwrapper.sh

#!/bin/bash

# The output is similar to what you'd see by simply running pacman -Ss "search term"
# but each package name is prepended with a number. If you wish to install any of the
# packages after making a search, you simply enter in the number of the package, otherwise
# q to quit. Once you select which package to install, pacman -S is run and will ask for your
# password and confirm if you really wish to install the package.

search_term="$1"

if [[ -z "$search_term" ]]; then 
	echo "please enter a search term"
	exit
fi

pacman -Ss "$search_term" | awk 'NR % 2 { printf "%s) %s\n", i += 1, $0 } !(NR % 2) { print $0; }'

read -p "which package do you wish to install (q to cancel): " usrans

if [[ "$usrans" == "q" ]]; then exit; fi
		
sudo pacman -S $(pacman -Ssq "$search_term" | sed -n "$usrans"p)