pokefetch Tutorial

Use pokeget-rs on fastfetch with a guided tutorial!

Dependencies

pokeget-rs at talwatpokeget-rs

fastfetch at fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

Fastfetch installation

Install fastfetch using your distro's package manager.

Distro	Command
Arch	pacman -S fastfetch
Debian/Ubuntu	apt install fastfetch
Fedora	dnf install fastfetch
Windows (WinGet)	winget install Fastfetch-cli.Fastfetch

• Super user privilages may be required to install.

Pokeget-rs installation

Requires cargo, located in the rust-lang/rust repo.

Distro	Command
Arch	pacman -S cargo
Debian/Ubuntu	apt install cargo
Fedora	dnf install cargo
Windows	rustup (rust-lang.org)

Install pokeget-rs via cargo.

cargo install pokeget

Upon installation, you may get a message like this.

warning: be sure to add "/home/user/.cargo/bin" to your PATH to be able to run the installed binaries

This is because your .bashrc or .zshrc needs to adopt the path to the pokeget binary. To fix this,

1. Open your .bashrc or .zshrc file
2. Append export PATH="<path>:$PATH" to it. (<path> is the path to the binary, /home/user/.cargo/bin)
3. Save, exit, and restart your terminal emulator.

Main tutorial

Linux

(Make sure you've added pokeget to your .bashrc.)

1. Open your .bashrc file.
2. Insert the following string into the file.

alias pokefetch="pokeget <pokemon> <flags> --hide-name | fastfetch --file-raw -"

3. Save, exit, and restart your shell.
4. Execute pokefetch.

Windows

Make or edit your Windows Powershell profile file.

1. (Optional) Type New-Item -Path $profile -Type File -Force to make a profile.
2. Open your Powershell file. notepad.exe $PROFILE
3. Insert the following string into the file.

function Call-Pokefetch {
	pokeget <pokemon> <flags> --hide-name | fastfetch --file-raw -
}

Set-Alias pokefetch Call-Pokefetch

4. Save, exit, and reload your Powershell profile. . $PROFILE
5. Execute pokefetch.

FAQ

1. The rendering of the Pokemon is broken on Powershell!!

This is due to using an old version of Powershell. Install the latest Powershell from Microsoft and execute it there.

Why make this tutorial?

I wanted to get more used to how GitHub works, as well as try my hand at building a quick tutorial for something I had to work out myself.

This was all typed stream-of-conciousness, so if there's anything wrong, please let me know or create a pull request.

Credits

Thanks to talwatpokeget-rs and fastfetch-cli/fastfetch for making these awesome tools.