Termux•2y ago

colors for files/dirs when using proot-distro with --termux-home?

I like the default color scheme of blue directories, white files, green executables, etc. When I log into my debian proot using this command,

proot-distro login --user userr debian

proot-distro login --user userr debian

, this color scheme is still shown. But when I add

--termux-home

--termux-home

, everything shows as white. This is weird because the colors show when not I'm the proot. How do I get it to show colors when using

--termux-home

--termux-home

komo•6/2/24, 9:34 PM

try

source <(dircolors -p -b)

source <(dircolors -p -b)

sudomainOP•6/2/24, 10:15 PM

That gave me

userr@localhost:~$ source <(dircolors -p -b)
dircolors: the options to output non shell syntax,                                and to select a shell syntax are mutually exclusive
Try 'dircolors --help' for more information.

userr@localhost:~$ source <(dircolors -p -b)
dircolors: the options to output non shell syntax,                                and to select a shell syntax are mutually exclusive
Try 'dircolors --help' for more information.

komo•6/3/24, 11:06 AM

try without

-p

-p

flag

Kkomo try without `-p` flag

sudomainOP•6/3/24, 2:43 PM

No output this time, but it does set

$LS_COLORS

$LS_COLORS

, though everything is still white

Ssudomain No output this time, but it does set `$LS_COLORS`, though everything is still wh...

komo•6/3/24, 3:39 PM

try

ls --color=auto

ls --color=auto

komo•6/3/24, 3:39 PM

and you probably should alias it in your bashrc

Kkomo try `ls --color=auto`

sudomainOP•6/3/24, 4:24 PM

Thanks! This was the solution but i'm still curious about the cause. Guess I'll have to take a peek at the code for proot-distro

Ssudomain Thanks! This was the solution but i'm still curious about the cause. Guess I'll ...

Dr. Jaska•6/3/24, 10:07 PM

It's likely that your shell rc which you don't have yet in proot aliases

ls

ls

to be

ls --color=auto

ls --color=auto

DDr. Jaska It's likely that your shell rc which you don't have yet in proot aliases `ls` to...

sudomainOP•6/3/24, 10:37 PM

I think it's just standard ls from coreutils:

~ $ type ls
ls is /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/ls
~ $ alias ls='ls -l'
~ $ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls -l'

~ $ type ls
ls is /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/ls
~ $ alias ls='ls -l'
~ $ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls -l'

Ssudomain I think it's just standard ls from coreutils: ``` ~ $ type ls ls is /data/data/...

Dr. Jaska•6/3/24, 10:40 PM

On Debian

\ls

\ls

does not give me any colors. On Termux it does. I assume that there is a compile time flag for the default value if --color=WHEN

Dr. Jaska•6/3/24, 10:41 PM

Debian as in a desktop Debian over SSH, not proot

DDr. Jaska Debian as in a desktop Debian over SSH, not proot

sudomainOP•6/3/24, 10:43 PM

Hmm it gives me colors

sudomainOP•6/3/24, 10:44 PM

Oh, root or not root user? The root user I think never has colors, but a user other than root I think has it by default

Dr. Jaska•6/3/24, 11:12 PM

On Debian normal non-root user. Termux as the Termux user as it's a single user system.

userr@localhost:~$ source <(dircolors -p -b) dircolors: the options to output non shell syntax, and to select a shell syntax are mutually exclusive Try 'dircolors --help' for more information.

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