diff --git a/apac b/apac
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..999646a
Binary files /dev/null and b/apac differ
diff --git a/cmd/install.go b/cmd/install.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cf813a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/install.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "install",
+	Short: "installs a package",
+	Long:  `installs a package from the aur to the system.`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if len(args) == 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error: package name required")
+			return
+		}
+		pkg := args[0]
+		url := "https://aur.archlinux.org/" + pkg
+
+		// git clone
+		fmt.Println("cloning:", url)
+		out, err := exec.Command("git", "clone", url).CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "git clone failed: %v\n%s\n", err, string(out))
+			return
+		}
+
+		// makepkg -si inside package dir
+		fmt.Println("building/installing:", pkg)
+		buildCmd := exec.Command("makepkg", "-si", "--noconfirm")
+		buildCmd.Dir = pkg
+		buildCmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+		buildCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+		buildCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		buildCmd.Run()
+		// cleanup
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(pkg); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "warning: failed to remove %s: %v\n", pkg, err)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println("install successful")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(installCmd)
+}
+
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 54d2c6f..bc7f2d4 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@ import (
 // rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "apac",
-	Short: "A brief description of your application",
-	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains
-examples and usage of using your application. For example:
-
-Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
-This application is a tool to generate the needed files
-to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+	Short: "Simple arch aur helper.",
+	Long: `Simple aur arch helper. It can manage packages for you`,
 	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
 	// has an action associated with it:
 	// Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { },
diff --git a/cmd/uninstall.go b/cmd/uninstall.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d6bf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/uninstall.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// uninstallCmd represents the uninstall command
+var uninstallCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "uninstall",
+	Short: "uninstalls a package",
+	Long:  `Uninstalls a package.`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if len(args) == 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "error: package name required")
+			return
+		}
+		pkg := args[0]
+
+		// Ensure running as root (pacman requires root)
+		fmt.Println("uninstalling:", pkg)
+		out := exec.Command("sudo", "pacman", "-R", pkg)
+		out.Stdin =os.Stdin
+		out.Stdout =os.Stdout
+		out.Stderr =os.Stderr
+		out.Run()
+
+		fmt.Println("uninstall successful")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(uninstallCmd)
+}
+
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 54c4e35..3d8bc7e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ module apac
 
 go 1.26.2
 
+require github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
+
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 // indirect
 )