In Pacman's man page, there is a -n (nosave) flag that purges all the configuration files of the package being removed. Does this flag work for packages installed from AUR? Is manual cleanup required for packages build from AUR?
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Pacman's -n flag purges configuration files for packages installed from AUR. Pacman handles both the packages of official repositories as well as AUR in the same manner.
During search, I found the answer here : What should I consider when deleting an AUR package?
The correct way to delete a package is
pacman -R package-name. To delete everything, including modified configuration files and dependencies you may have pulled in with a tool such as yaourt or packer, run :pacman -Rns package-name. In this respect, AUR packages are no different from native packages.
Also, I found a similar answer in this article as well : https://averagelinuxuser.com/which-aur-helper-yay/#remove-a-package
You can also remove an installed AUR program and its dependencies with Pacman:
pacman -Rns package_name
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