my neofetch is not working how do i fix it



G'day leendFinder, Welcome to Linux.org

WHich Linux Mint are you running?....version number...eg Linux Mint 21.3 ?.....etc /

neofetch still works in Linux Mint 22.1

Give us some more detail please
 
how do i fix neofetche not working in linux mint terminal

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I think you may have spelt it incorrectly because it works as does fastfetch in Mint Cinnamon 22.1.
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Try typing neofetch.
Ayup. A definite "typo"....

Despite Neofetch being discontinued, it should still keep working on any modern distro. Neofetch - like its replacement Fastfetch - is entirely script-based.....so no compiled binaries, and thus nothing to "go wrong" from one distro to another.

The same version that runs on a 64-bit Ubuntu or Fedora should also run on a 32-bit MX-Linux.....


Mike. ;)
 
I still use neofetch because it works and it is already installed. I won't bother installing fastfetch.

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Neofetch - like its replacement Fastfetch - is entirely script-based.....so no compiled binaries

The fastfetch in the openSUSE and Fedora repos is written in C and compiled.

That is where fastfetch's name comes from.

I don't know about elsewhere.
 
The neofetch application will continue to work properly with things it recognizes or gleans from system files. Eventually, it will stop knowing what CPUs you're using (for example) as those are newer than it has data for. It will eventually no longer be fit for purpose except on older hardware.

But, that suits many people just fine. It wasn't that long ago that the project was scuttled. If one had energy and motivation, they could fork the project to something new. It does mean a tedious and steady stream of updates will be required which is why the original author quit. There's no, "Someday this will be done!" No, it's more like, "Well, it's up to date as far as I know. It won't be long before it requires more work."

So, as things change so too will its utility. That's okay. There are alternatives and it was itself an alternative to prior software (like screenfetch).
 
Hi David, how did you get neofetch and screenfetch to look different? And what is the purpose behind that? :)
 
@LegendFinder , have you solved this problem ?
There are a lot of answers here, but we have not heard back from you.

Your input is required. Talk to us, please.
 
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There's a nice tool for System info called CPU-X...get it from the Mint Cinnamon Software Manager.
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Hi David, how did you get neofetch and screenfetch to look different? And what is the purpose behind that? :)

I'm thinking that you mean me. They're (both words) set to use the code tag, similar to [code]text[/code] except I do it with markdown, which this forum partially supports In that case, you use the ` mark on either side of the word, saving you time and effort. You just put one before the text you wish to indicate is code and one after. You can also use the code tags.

Many people only use the code tag like this:

sudo apt update

But, you can also just put sudo apt update inline and that's what I have done in the post above and in this post. You can use the BBCode 'code' tags, as indicated in the first paragraph, or you can just use tick marks.

NOTE: The tick marks only work for single lines of code or inline code as demonstrated below.

`sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y`

If you're interested in markdown, it's just a quick way to format text. Many sites support it. This site uses BBCode, but it also supports a subset of markdown, such as italics and bold. It only supports a limited few bits of markdown, which I think is unfortunate. Once you learn to format text with markdown, you'll see that it is a bit limited (or clunky in areas) but not bad for just the basics needed to post on a general forum.

It's what's used elsewhere, like the bevy of StackExchange sites, Reddit, etc...
 
sudo apt-get autoremove
 
Using the incorrect ' mark did not help

Thank you !
 
Using the incorrect ' mark did not help

Thank you !

Yup. It's the tick, not the single quote.

Let's see if this breaks anything...

Code:
*italics*
**bold**
***bold italics***
> blockquote
`code`

That's the markdown that I know works here. The full assortment is not supported. That may be because of BBCode already being an option, or maybe they interfere with other bits of formatting. I don't know why only part of them are supported. Then again, I've never looked to see if there's a given reason.
 
Yup. It's the tick, not the single quote.

Let's see if this breaks anything...

Code:
*italics*
**bold**
***bold italics***
> blockquote
`code`

That's the markdown that I know works here. The full assortment is not supported. That may be because of BBCode already being an option, or maybe they interfere with other bits of formatting. I don't know why only part of them are supported. Then again, I've never looked to see if there's a given reason.

Oh yeah! I didn't know this site supported markdown

Thanks !
 


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