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eylles edited this page Jun 27, 2024
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linux
orbsd
ormacOS (iTerm2)
orwindows (no terminal support)
python 3.5+
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imagemagick
- Colorscheme generation.
-
pidof
(procps
)- Detection of running programs.
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xfce
,gnome
,cinnamon
,mate
- Desktop wallpaper setting.
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feh
,nitrogen
,bgs
,hsetroot
,habak
,display
- Universal wallpaper setting.
To use wal
your terminal emulator must support a special type of escape sequence. The command below can be used as a test to see if wal
will work with your setup.
Run the command below, does the background color of your terminal become red?
printf "%b" "\033]11;#ff0000\007"
Note: Before the test, clean your current memory's Xresources with xrdb -remove *
. The .Xresources file overrides the printf "%b" "\033]11;#ff0000\007"
command.
If your terminal's background color is now red, your terminal should work with wal
.
Terminals that DON'T work with wal
.
- Konsole. #24
- Hyper. https://github.com/zeit/hyper/issues/2038
- Terminal.app.
- Terminology. #50
- st.
System-wide install (sudo
) - not reccomended!!!
pip3 install pywal16
User install (No sudo
)
old way
pip3 install --user pywal16
# Add local 'pip' to PATH:
# (In your .bashrc, .zshrc etc)
export PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin/"
new way as per PEP668
with pipx
# install pipx from your package manager
# example for debian based distros
sudo apt install pipx
# install with pipx
pipx install pywal16
with venv
# install the venv module from your package manager
# example for debian based distros
sudo apt install python3-venv
# create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv ~/.local/lib/python
# Add the venv after your path
# (In your .bashrc, .zshrc etc)
. ~/.local/lib/python/bin/activate
# finally install as always
pip3 install pywal16
git clone https://github.com/eylles/pywal16
cd pywal16
pip3 install --user .
# Add local 'pip' to PATH:
# (In your .bashrc, .zshrc etc)
export PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin/"
If you want to enable alternative backends, install the supported backend via pip. To install colorz
for example:
pip3 install --user colorz