Alternatively, you can include the collection in a `requirements.yml` file and then run `ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml`. Here is an example of `requirements.yml` file:
The `kewlfft.aur` collection is also available in the AUR as the [`ansible-collection-kewlfft-aur`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ansible-collection-kewlfft-aur/) package.
If you want to test changes to the source code, run the following commands from the root of this git repository to locally build and install the collection:
### Install the `aur` module as a local custom module
Alternatively, you may manually install the `aur` module itself as a [local custom module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_locally.html) instead of installing the module through the `kewlfft.aur` Ansible collection. However, it is recommended to use `kewlfft.aur` collection unless you have a good reason not to. Here are the commands to install the `aur` module as a local custom module:
```shell
# Create the user custom module directory
mkdir ~/.ansible/plugins/modules
# Install the aur module into the user custom module directory
| use | **auto**, yay, paru, pacaur, trizen, pikaur, aurman, makepkg | The tool to use, 'auto' uses the first known helper found and makepkg as a fallback. |
| extra_args | **null** | A list of additional arguments to pass directly to the tool. Cannot be used in 'auto' mode. |
| aur_only | yes, **no** | Limit helper operation to the AUR. |
| local_pkgbuild | Local directory with PKGBUILD, **null** | Only valid with makepkg or pikaur. Don't download the package from AUR. Build the package using a local PKGBUILD and the other build files. |
| skip_pgp_check | yes, **no** | Only valid with makepkg. Skip PGP signatures verification of source file, useful when installing packages without GnuPG properly configured. |
| ignore_arch | yes, **no** | Only valid with makepkg. Ignore a missing or incomplete arch field, useful when the PKGBUILD does not have the arch=('yourarch') field. |
* The scope of this module is installation and update from the AUR; for package removal or for updates from the repositories, it is recommended to use the official *pacman* module.
* The *--needed* parameter of the helper is systematically used, it means if a package is up-to-date, it is not built and reinstalled.
While Ansible expects to SSH as root, makepkg or AUR helpers do not allow executing operations as root, they fail with "you cannot perform this operation as root". It is therefore recommended to create a user, which is non-root but has no need for password with pacman in sudoers, let's call it *aur_builder*.
In order to use an Ansible module that is distributed in a collection, you must use its FQCN. This corresponds to "the full definition of a module, plugin, or role hosted within a collection, in the form `namespace.collection.content_name`" ([Source](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview#terminology)). In this case, the `aur` module resides in the `aur` collection which is under the `kewlfft` namespace, so its FQCN is `kewlfft.aur.aur`.
Please note that this does not apply if you installed the `aur` module as a local custom module. Due to the nature of local custom modules, you can simply use the module's short name: `aur`.
