I'm using Arch-Linux and I'm trying to install something that colors the text in the terminal (xterm), but not necessarily just for xterm. It would be nice to find something for text without initializing the X server.I've found (after a little search on google) that pacman-color already exists in the AUR, but I haven't managed to extract & install it. Is there someone that can help me with this problem? I'd like to know the steps for installing pacman-color? If you have other suggestions on how I can change the text color, I would be very happy if you could share the answer!
How can I find and install pacman-color or cope?
arch linux;pacman;text
Pacman-color only colours the output for pacman commands.To colourize a wide range of terminal output for a variety of programmes, you can use a tool like cope.Both packages are in the AUR. The Arch Wiki has a good explanation of how to install AUR packages. Essentially, once you have downloaded the tarball (for example, for pacman-color), you run makepkg and then install the built package with pacman -U pacman-colour.pkg.tar.xz.