Install Lolcat with gem,figlet and boxes

We will setup lolcat with cat, gem, figlet and boxes. Its a command line utility to display rainbow colours on your terminal. We are demonstrating this on ubuntu OS, this can be done almost on any linux distro.

Installation

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

First install gem

sudo apt install gem

Lets install lolcat

sudo apt install lolcat

If above command doesnt executes or give error, then try below command

sudo gem install lolcat

Install Figlet

sudo apt-get install figlet

Verify Figlet is installed properly

Finally we will install boxes

sudo apt install boxes

Below figlet combination with switches will display the text along with the cat which will be blinking for 20 times. Blinking can be increased by modifying the lolcat’s -d switch.

figlet -f slant MakeUseOfLinux | boxes -d cat -pa2t0b0 | lolcat -a -d 20

To set this display while opening terminal , then run this command

sudo nano /etc/bash.bashrc
OR
vi /etc/bash.bashrc

Go to last line and paste:

figlet -f slant MakeUseOfLinux | boxes -d cat -pa2t0b0 | lolcat -a -d 20

Enjoy😊