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Install screenfetch on Alma Linux easily using git.


Installing screenfetch on Alma Linux is very easy. Using git, it is easy to install this very useful app and display system information.

(jcartwright@localhost) 192.168.1.5 Documents  $ git clone https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch.git
Cloning into 'screenFetch'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4257, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (108/108), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (68/68), done.
remote: Total 4257 (delta 60), reused 72 (delta 39), pack-reused 4149
Receiving objects: 100% (4257/4257), 4.40 MiB | 5.46 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2455/2455), done.

Then, copy the binary to the proper location.

[root@localhost screenFetch]# mv screenfetch-dev /usr/local/bin/screenfetch

Then, you may be able to run screenfetch and enjoy a nice display of the system information. You may also specify a custom distribution and ASCII art.

(jcartwright@localhost) 192.168.1.5 ~  $ screenfetch -D 'Windows 11' -A 'Windows'
        ,.=:!!t3Z3z.,                 jcartwright@localhost
       :tt:::tt333EE3                 OS: windows 11 
       Et:::ztt33EEEL @Ee.,      ..,  Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64
      ;tt:::tt333EE7 ;EEEEEEttttt33#  Uptime: 1h 11m
     :Et:::zt333EEQ. $EEEEEttttt33QL  Packages: Unknown
     it::::tt333EEF @EEEEEEttttt33F   Shell: bash 5.1.8
    ;3=*^```"*4EEV :EEEEEEttttt33@.   Resolution: 3440x1440
    ,.=::::!t=., ` @EEEEEEtttz33QF    DE: MATE 1.26.1
   ;::::::::zt33)   "4EEEtttji3P*     WM: Metacity (Marco)
  :t::::::::tt33.:Z3z..  `` ,..g.     WM Theme: Windows 10
  i::::::::zt33F AEEEtttt::::ztF      GTK Theme: Adwaita-dark [GTK2/3]
 ;:::::::::t33V ;EEEttttt::::t3       Icon Theme: Windows-Eleven
 E::::::::zt33L @EEEtttt::::z3F       Font: Sans 10
{3=*^```"*4E3) ;EEEtttt:::::tZ`       Disk: 1.9T / 5.0T (37%)
             ` :EEEEtttt::::z7        CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F @ 12x 4.3GHz [27.0°C]
                 "VEzjt:;;z>*`        GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
                                      RAM: 4297MiB / 15590MiB

This program is very useful indeed, it looks great to run it in a terminal.


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