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HOWTO: Install Archey on Ubuntu

Introduction

Archey is a tool written in Python that allows users to preview system information along with your Linux distribution logo on the terminal. Another similar tool is screenFetch.

Installation

Firstly we need to install the necessary dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install scrot lsb-release

Download Archey and install:

$ wget https://github.com/downloads/djmelik/archey/archey-0.2.8.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i archey-0.2.8.deb

Usage

Run command:

$ archey

you will get this for ubuntu

archey

If you want to start Archey automatically once you launch the terminal, add this to the end of your .bashrc

# Archey
archey

Save and open a new terminal to test it.