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Update Arch Linux instructions

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Description

The current Arch Linux instructions [on the website](https://keybase.io/docs/the_app/install_linux#arch-linux) read:

> ## Arch linux
>
> ```sh
> pacaur -S keybase-bin # or your preferred AUR install method
> run_keybase
> ```
>
> Remember to `run_keybase` after you install or upgrade Keybase.
>
> Note: the `community/keybase` and `community/kbfs` packages also exist, but they don't include the GUI or the `run_keybase` script, and they require more manual setup.

These instructions are a bit outdated:

- The `pacaur` AUR helper is [no longer maintained](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1755144#p1755144). There is of course no one replacement, and we can bikeshed all day about which AUR helper to recommend, but `aurman` seems to be a popular one which still uses the same syntax (i. e. `aurman -S keybase-bin` works).

- There is also a `community/keybase-gui` package. I now have the three packages from `community/` installed, instead of `keybase-bin`, and they seem to be working fine. However, that’s on a system where Keybase was already set up previously (I reinstalled Linux but backed up my dotfiles, so `~/.config/keybase` etc. were still there), so I can’t say anything about the setup required.

- (While we’re at it – the Linux in Arch Linux is usually capitalized.)

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Open the Arch Linux section of the linked installation page and compare its package instructions with the current Arch community and AUR packages. Update the outdated helper reference, package/setup notes, and capitalization while preserving the documented alternatives; done means the website instructions accurately describe the current installation paths.

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arch-linux
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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2/5
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1-3 hours
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Mostly clear
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