How to install Neofetch in Ubuntu mate 17.04
To install Neofetch in Ubuntu Mate 17.04
Neofetch is a command-line interface (CLI) system information tool written in BASH. It displays information about your system next to an image, your OS logo, or any ASCII file of your choice. Neofetch is used to show other users the information about the OS/Distro you’ re running, and also the theme/Icons you’ re using.
Installing Neofetch
Before you begin with the installation procedure of Neofetch, make sure you add its repo on your machine via ppa.
root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:dawidd0811/neofetch
CLI script to show your system' s info and display an image using w3m.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~dawidd0811/+archive/ubuntu/neofetch
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmprlo0cc90/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/tmprlo0cc90/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key C52419204221BA96: public key " Launchpad PPA for dawidd6" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
OK
Once the necessary repo are added, update them as follows.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dawidd0811/neofetch/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.9 kB]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dawidd0811/neofetch/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [532 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dawidd0811/neofetch/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [532 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dawidd0811/neofetch/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [360 B]
Fetched 17.3 kB in 2s (7,966 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Once it is completed, install the Neofetch package using apt-get install command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install neofetch
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
w3m cmus feh mpc nitrogen scrot moc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
neofetch
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 102 not upgraded.
Need to get 63.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 301 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dawidd0811/neofetch/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 neofetch all 3.1.0-1~ubuntu17.04.1 [63.6 kB]
Fetched 63.6 kB in 1s (44.3 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package neofetch.
(Reading database ... 195300 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../neofetch_3.1.0-1~ubuntu17.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking neofetch (3.1.0-1~ubuntu17.04.1) ...
Setting up neofetch (3.1.0-1~ubuntu17.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Run neofetch command on terminal for show the system information.
root@linuxhelp1:~# neofetch
So simple, wasn' t it? Neofetch is a highly customizable application. You can use command-line flags or the user config file to customize Neofetch. .
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