From 8547a559e8debb794e345ff8db9cbb8587217b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krzysztof kuhy Rudnicki <krzysztofrudnicki0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 16:08:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: fix yay aur database

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 scripts/fixes/fix_yay_aur_database.sh | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/fixes/fix_yay_aur_database.sh

diff --git a/scripts/fixes/fix_yay_aur_database.sh b/scripts/fixes/fix_yay_aur_database.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/scripts/fixes/fix_yay_aur_database.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Fix for "database AUR not found" error in yay
+# This error occurs when yay's AUR database cache becomes corrupted
+# or when using a buggy yay-git version
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+echo "=== Fixing yay AUR database ==="
+
+# Check if using yay-git (development version with potential bugs)
+if pacman -Qi yay-git &>/dev/null; then
+	echo ""
+	echo "Detected yay-git (development version)."
+	echo "The 'database AUR not found' error is a known bug in some yay-git versions."
+	echo ""
+	read -rp "Switch to stable yay? [Y/n] " response
+	if [[ "${response,,}" != "n" ]]; then
+		echo "Switching to stable yay..."
+
+		# Build and install stable yay from AUR
+		TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+		cd "$TEMP_DIR"
+		git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+		cd yay
+
+		# Remove yay-git and yay-git-debug (they conflict)
+		sudo pacman -Rdd yay-git --noconfirm
+		sudo pacman -Rdd yay-git-debug --noconfirm 2>/dev/null || true
+
+		# Build and install stable yay
+		makepkg -si --noconfirm
+
+		cd /
+		rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+
+		echo ""
+		echo "=== Switched to stable yay ==="
+		echo "You can now retry your yay command."
+		exit 0
+	fi
+fi
+
+# Remove yay's cache directory
+YAY_CACHE_DIR="${HOME}/.cache/yay"
+if [[ -d "$YAY_CACHE_DIR" ]]; then
+	echo "Removing yay cache directory: $YAY_CACHE_DIR"
+	rm -rf "$YAY_CACHE_DIR"
+fi
+
+# Remove yay's local database directory (stores AUR package info)
+YAY_DB_DIR="${HOME}/.local/share/yay"
+if [[ -d "$YAY_DB_DIR" ]]; then
+	echo "Removing yay database directory: $YAY_DB_DIR"
+	rm -rf "$YAY_DB_DIR"
+fi
+
+# Remove yay state directory
+YAY_STATE_DIR="${HOME}/.local/state/yay"
+if [[ -d "$YAY_STATE_DIR" ]]; then
+	echo "Removing yay state directory: $YAY_STATE_DIR"
+	rm -rf "$YAY_STATE_DIR"
+fi
+
+# Clear pacman's sync databases and refresh
+echo "Refreshing pacman databases..."
+sudo pacman -Sy
+
+# Generate new yay database by running a simple query
+echo "Regenerating yay AUR database..."
+yay -Sy
+
+echo ""
+echo "=== Fix complete ==="
+echo "You can now retry your yay command."
+echo ""
+echo "If the issue persists and you're using yay-git, consider running this script"
+echo "again and choosing to switch to the stable yay version."