# Problem with the "yay" command

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/problem-with-the-yay-command/42299>\
**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [June 22, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/problem-with-the-yay-command/42299 "2023-06-22T07:12:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rokenisdodelijk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@rokenisdodelijk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/rokenisdodelijk)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/problem-with-the-yay-command/42299/1 "2023-06-22T07:12:06Z")

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when i tried to yay my system my console gives me this error

 ![Screenshot_20230622_090928](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/7/1724d41467c1b13698bcf240b5e57cb252f2aabe.png)

does anyone know why this is happening and is it possible that the problem is on my end and i need to do something?

thanks in advance!

also, could you maybe tell me where to put issues like this the next time, i picked newbie because i didnt knew where to put it tbh.

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**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/problem-with-the-yay-command/42299/2 "2023-06-22T07:13:36Z")

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AUR has been up and down since yesterday:

> [@AUR is down](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/aur-is-down/42281):
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> I got this message this morning when trying to update: $ yay :: Synchronizing package databases... endeavouros is up to date core is up to date extra is up to date multilib is up to date :: Searching AUR for updates... :: Searching databases for updates... -\> 1 error occurred: \* response decoding failed: invalid character '\<' looking for beginning of value When checking for issues with yay, I checked the main AUR page from the Arch WiKi and it’s not responding.

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**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/problem-with-the-yay-command/42299/4 "2023-06-22T07:14:36Z")

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For now you can just update your system without AUR packages:

```bash
sudo pacman -Syu

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/problem-with-the-yay-command/42299/5 "2023-06-24T07:15:08Z")

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Closed on June 24, 2023, 7:15am UTC

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