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https://github.com/woodruffw/screenfetch-c

A rewrite of screenFetch in C.
https://github.com/woodruffw/screenfetch-c

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A rewrite of screenFetch in C.

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screenfetch-c

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## Current Version: 1.6 (release)



screenfetch-c is an attempt to rewrite screenFetch, a popular shell

script that displays system information and an ASCII logo, in the C

language.

Like the original screenFetch, screenfetch-c is meant to be compatible with a number of systems, including the BSDs, Solaris, GNU/Linux, OS X, and Windows.



## Installing screenfetch-c



### Dependencies:

screenfetch-c only relies on libraries that come on virtually every system.



* On Linux, OpenGL is used to detect the GPU. In most package managers, this is listed as `libgl-dev`.



* On Linux and Solaris, libX11 is required. In most package managers, this is listed as `libX11-dev`.



Installing screenfetch-c is very simple:



```bash

$ git clone https://www.github.com/woodruffw/screenfetch-c.git

$ cd screenfetch-c

$ make

```



If you want to disable colors you can run `make COLORS=0` instead.



_Note:_ For Solaris, `make` *must* be GNU make. If it isn't, use `gmake`. Using regular (Sun) `make` will cause strange errors.



### Arch Linux



screenfetch-c is availible on the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/screenfetch-c-git/)



### OS X



screenfetch-c is also available via Homebrew!



To install it, just run the following:



```bash

$ brew install woodruffw/screenfetch-c/screenfetch-c

```



## Removal:

Removing screenfetch-c is just as easy as installing it:



```bash

$ sudo make uninstall

```



If you installed it via Homebrew:



```bash

$ brew rm screenfetch-c

$ brew untap woodruffw/screenfetch-c # optional

```



## Contributing



There are a number of things that still need to be tested or completed in screenfetch-c.



If you think that you can test/fix/improve one or more of them, feel free to fork and issue requests back to me.



In particular, the following things still need to be done:



- Improve error checking and handling.

- Matching screencapture capabilities on Windows with OS X/Linux/BSD/Solaris

- Improve RAM/HDD detection on BSD

- Fix manual mode on Windows

- Improve features on Android

- Improve/replace configuration format and parser



## Notes on MinGW

Shell detection on the MinGW build is limited.

You must set the `SHELL` environment variable manually if you're running screenfetch-c from command prompt or PowerShell.

For command prompt that's `set SHELL=cmd.exe` and for PowerShell it's `$env:SHELL = "PowerShell"`.



You can also run screenfetch-c from a batch script

``` batch

@echo off

set SHELL=cmd.exe

echo.

cmd /C screenfetch-c.exe

echo.

pause

```

or a PowerShell script

``` ps1

$env:SHELL = "PowerShell"

Write-Host ""

Invoke-Expression -Command:"cmd /C screenfetch-c.exe"

Write-Host "

Press any key to continue ..."

$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")

```

if you prefer to start it with a double click.



Unlike PowerShell the Windows command prompt doesn't support ANSI colors by default. You can deactivate colors if you build with `make COLORS=0`.

However there's a neat project called [ANSICON](https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon) which allows you to enable colors in command prompt by running screenfetch-c with `cmd /C ansicon.exe screenfetch-c.exe`.



## Current Known Compatibility:



_Note:_ These are only the ones that have actually been tested (so far). screenfetch-c may very well work on many of the untested distros, so feel free to try it.



- [x] OS X

- [x] Windows (Cygwin, MSYS2, MinGW)

- [x] Arch Linux

- [x] Fedora

- [x] Linux Mint

- [x] LMDE

- [x] Ubuntu (including derivatives)

- [x] Fedora

- [x] Debian

- [x] CrunchBang

- [x] Gentoo

- [ ] Funtoo

- [x] FreeBSD

- [x] OpenBSD

- [ ] NetBSD

- [ ] DragonFlyBSD

- [ ] OpenSUSE

- [ ] Mandriva/Mandrake

- [ ] Slackware

- [x] Red Hat (RHEL)

- [ ] Frugalware

- [x] Peppermint

- [ ] SolusOS

- [ ] Mageia

- [ ] ParabolaGNU/Linux-libre

- [ ] Viperr

- [x] LinuxDeepin

- [ ] Chakra

- [x] Fuduntu

- [x] Trisquel

- [ ] Manjaro

- [x] ElementaryOS (styled as 'elementary OS')

- [ ] Scientific Linux

- [x] Backtrack Linux

- [x] Kali Linux

- [ ] Sabayon

- [x] Android (requires -D "Android" flag)

- [x] Linux (upon failure to detect a specific distro)

- [x] Solaris (including SunOS, OpenSolaris, and OpenIndiana)

- [x] Angstrom



## License

screenfetch-c is licensed under the MIT license.



For the exact terms, see the [license](./LICENSE).