Installation

Table of Contents

• Requirements
  • Dependencies
  • Terminal Emulator
• Installation
  • Pip install
  • Manual/Git install
  • OS/Distro Packages
    • Arch Linux

Requirements

Dependencies

• linux or macOS (iTerm2)
• python 3.5+
• imagemagick
  • Colorscheme generation.
• xfce, gnome, cinnamon, mate
  • Desktop wallpaper setting.
• feh, nitrogen, bgs, hsetroot, habak
  • Universal wallpaper setting.

Terminal Emulator

To use wal your terminal emulator must support a special type of escape sequence. The command below can be used as a test to see if wal will work with your setup.

Run the command below, does the background color of your terminal become red?

printf "%b" "\033]11;#ff0000\007"

If your terminal's background color is now red, your terminal should work with wal.

Terminals that DON'T work with wal.

• Konsole. #24
• Hyper. https://github.com/zeit/hyper/issues/2038
• Terminal.app.
• Terminology. #50

Installation

Pip install

Full install (sudo)

pip3 install pywal

User install (No sudo)

pip3 install --user pywal

# Add local 'pip' to PATH:
# (In your .bashrc, .zshrc etc)
PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin/"

Manual/Git install

git clone https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal
cd pywal
pip3 install --user .

OS/Distro Packages

Arch Linux

pywal is available on the AUR as python-pywal or python-pywal-git.