Fix: Replace hardcoded 'yay' with 'paru' (or other) in Omarchy scripts to avoid AUR menu breakage

[zestfulmouse]

What correction or addition do we need?

Problem:

Omarchy’s scripts hardcode the yay AUR helper, causing AUR packages to disappear from menus (e.g., omarchy-menu, omarchy-pkg-install) when users switch to paru or another helper. This breaks the user experience.

Root Cause:
Only scripts in /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/ use yay directly. Other matches are false positives (binaries/comments).

Solution:
Replace all occurrences of yay with paru (or any other AUR helper) in the following scripts:

• omarchy-menu
• omarchy-pkg-aur-install
• omarchy-pkg-install
• omarchy-pkg-remove

Steps to Fix:

1. Replace yay with paru (or the name of your helper) in each script:

   sudo sed -i 's/yay/paru/g' /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-menu 
   sudo sed -i 's/yay/paru/g' /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-pkg-aur-install
   sudo sed -i 's/yay/paru/g' /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-pkg-install
   sudo sed -i 's/yay/paru/g' /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-pkg-remove
   sudo sed -i 's/yay/paru/g' /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs

2. Verify changes:

   grep -r "paru" /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/  # Confirm replacements

3. Ensure executability:

   sudo chmod +x /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/*

4. Test:

   /home/$USER/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-menu  # Should now work with paru

Or super+alt+space and Install → AUR or Remove → Package

Notes:

• Tested on Omarchy vX.X: AUR packages reappear in menus after this change.
• paru supports all yay flags (e.g., --noconfirm).
• No false positives in other system files.

Proposed PR:
I can submit a PR with:

• A script to automate the replacement (e.g., omarchy-switch-helper).
• Direct patches to the 4 scripts above.
• Updated documentation in docs/aur-helper.md.

Question for Maintainers:

• Should the helper name be a variable (e.g., $AUR_HELPER) for future flexibility?
• Preferred location for a helper-switching script (if needed)?

I’m still learning Git/GitHub and bash, so if my issue or future PR needs adjustments, just let me know—I’m happy to improve!

[dhh]

Omarchy uses yay. You're welcome to use paru, but we're sticking with yay for the few AUR installs we have.

[007tickooayush]

@dhh I try and remember the days when less powerful systems supporting a casual project of a guy sitting in his basement resulted in more stability in its code compared to the newer wrapper variations presented today