Archey3

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This article is being considered for archiving.

Reason: The package was dropped from the repository, an active fork exists with archey4AUR. This page had been proposed for archival before, but no consensus was reached as there was no upstream documentation outside of this page. The active fork has an extensive README, we can probably put this page to rest this time. The Archey redirect should be updated to point to List of applications/Utilities#Console 8 once the Archey entry there is updated though. (Discuss in Talk:Archey3)

Archey3 is a simple Python script that prints basic system information and ASCII art of the Arch Linux logo.

Installation

Install the archey3AUR package.

Starting

Archey3 can be run by typing:

$ archey3

This should produce an output similar to below.

               +                OS: Arch Linux x86_64
               #                Hostname: Archie
              ###               Kernel Release: 4.9.11-1-ARCH
             #####              Uptime: 0:32
             ######             WM: None
            ; #####;            DE: GNOME
           +##.#####            Packages: 1034
          +##########           RAM: 1687 MB / 16045 MB
         #############;         Processor Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
        ###############+        $EDITOR: nano
       #######   #######        Root: 16G / 20G (80%) (ext4)
     .######;     ;###;`".      
    .#######;     ;#####.       
    #########.   .########`     
   ######'           '######    
  ;####                 ####;   
  ##'                     '##   
 #'                         `# 

It can also be started automatically with each new shell session. To do this, append archey3 to a new line in your configuration file, including any options.

Configuration

Archey3's configuration file is stored at ~/.archey3.cfg by default. However this can be adjusted using this command where CONFIG represents the file to use:

$ archey3 --config=CONFIG

Colors

Archey3 can display colors other than the default blue. To change colors, append the -c foo flag, where "foo" represents the desired color. Supported colors are: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, and white. For example, to display archey3 in red, type:

$ archey3 -c red

Editing the configuration file

A sample configuration file, with comments showing all of the possible options for configuration, is available in the examples page.

See also