[Tutorial] How to install "lsd" on Solus

algent

LSD (LSDeluxe)

Is is like the ls command with nice icons and colors
This is a nice package that I like it very much and want to share it with you.

Installing LSD

Download zip file from github page:
https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd
Open Download folder and extract the zip file.
Then open terminal and enter command
$ cd Downloads/lsd-master
Required packages. Make sure if "cargo" is installed on your system
$ which cargo
if not then install it:
$ sudo eopkg it cargo
or install from Software Center
Install from source
This is done with Rust's package manager cargo. So you can install lsd via:
$ cargo install lsd
Install required fonts
$ sudo eopkg it font-awesome-4
or install it from Software Center
Add PATH
Add this function on the shell configuration file (.bashrc).
Open it with gedit editor or whatever editor you use. This will make the command usable normally on terminal.

$ gedit .bashrc
Then add this function on .bashrc file
# set PATH so it includes user's private .cargo/bin if it exists. for installed files on .cargo/bin folder: if [ -d "$HOME/.cargo/bin" ] ; then PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH" fi
After done all steps. Then you can enter on terminal just lsd
$ lsd
arguments are same as "ls" commands.
$ lsd -l
$ lsd -a
$ lsd -la
$ lsd -1
Adding aliases (Optional)
In order to use lsd instead of the default ls you need to add this to you shell configuration file (.bashrc).
Open it with gedit editor or whatever editor you use.
$ gedit .bashrc
Then add these lines on .bashrc file
## Aliases
alias ls='lsd'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias la='ls -a'
alias lla='ls -la'
alias l1='ls -1'

PoorPocketsMcNewHold

Sorry to necro it. But wanted to point out. lsd is now in the Solus repos natively.
So just do a sudo eopkg it lsd

 sudo eopkg info lsd
Paquets installés :
Nom                 : lsd, version : 0.18.0, release : 2
Résumé              : The next generation ls command
Description         : The next generation ls command with a lot of
                      pretty colors and icons.
Licences            : Apache-2.0
Composant           : system.utils
Dépendances         : glibc libgcc font-awesome-4 font-awesome-ttf 
Distribution        : Solus, Dist. Release: 1
Architecture        : x86_64, Taille des fichiers installés : 2.35
                      MB
Dépendances inverses :  

Paquet trouvé dans le dépôt Solus :
Nom                 : lsd, version : 0.18.0, release : 2
Résumé              : The next generation ls command
Description         : The next generation ls command with a lot of
                      pretty colors and icons.
Licences            : Apache-2.0
Composant           : system.utils
Dépendances         : glibc libgcc font-awesome-4 font-awesome-ttf 
Distribution        : Solus, Dist. Release: 1
Architecture        : x86_64, Taille des fichiers installés : 2.35
                      MB, taille du paquet : 640.00 KB
Dépendances inverses :  lsd-dbginfo 

lsd est introuvable dans les dépôts de code source

synth-ruiner

I'll also point out that if you want to install something that's hosted on crates.io, downloading the source manually is unnecessary. you can just do cargo install cratename and it'll be installed to ~/.cargo/bin 🙂

Solarmass

Looks cool, installing

algent

To have the best experience you need to install Nerd Fonts. I recommend CascadiaCode and you can donwload it here.

Also in .bashrc file, instead of alias ls='lsd' is better to use:

if [ -f /usr/bin/lsd ] ; then
    alias ls='lsd'
fi

Because if you later uninstall lsd you will get no errors when running ls.

Solarmass

algent what does -f mean?

Solarmass

algent Also in .bashrc file, instead of alias ls='lsd' is better to use:

doesn't work for me

algent

Solarmass I am not a programer, so I am not sure if this is the corrent answer.
That if statement is to make sure that the file /usr/bin/lsd exist in the system. So -f is for file.
If it exist then set alias ls='lsd'. It it doesn't exist then you will run the normal ls.

algent

Solarmass Just run bash in terminal to reset it, or close and run again terminal. Not sure why else it is not working for you.

Solarmass

algent its working now, thanks!