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Mari Cruz Fernandez
Asked: 2018-07-10 02:33:20 +0800 CST

How to customize the LXTerminal console in Lubuntu 16.04?

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first say hello, I'm new to the site. I just installed Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS on my computer and I still have to familiarize myself with the OS. One of the things I can not change is the appearance of LXTerminal, which comes from black background and white letters. I just wanted to change, for example, the color of the place where I am. Example: user @ user: ~ / Documents $ As I say, everything is blank. Only the directories that are blue change. I have seen several articles, but in none I find the editing tools that this console has. It shows me: Edit> Preferences> And there are only four tabs to choose from: Style, Show, Advanced, Shortcuts I can not find a way to give it a little appearance, I have seen that with commands it is also possible, but with what I saw so far I am not capable. If you can give me some idea or where to look for information. Thank you

customization command-line lubuntu console lxterminal

2 Answers

  1. If you want colours you have 2 easy options.

    1. Upgrade to 18.04, the new terminal has a funky colour scheme.

    ubuntu 18.04 colour scheme

    1. Go to software and download terminal.

    System tools-> Software, then search terminal. The store typically has pictures from which you can get a feel for its functionality.

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  2. First backup using cp ~/.bashrc ~/.bashrc-backup

    Edit the file ~/.bashrc and replace these lines:

    if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

    Save the file and reopen the terminal to see if you like it.

    If you don't like it restore the backup with: cp ~/.bashrc-backup ~/.bashrc and reopen the terminal.

    What it looks like

    bashrc2.png

    NOTES:

    • You don't need 18.04. This works in Ubuntu 16.04 and Lubuntu 16.04 (but the background there is black and the fonts are as well defined)
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