Enable yay like colorful output

[IamRezaMousavi]

How to enable yay like colorful output?

[valsaven]

sudoedit /etc/pacman.conf and uncomment Color under # Misc options.

[IamRezaMousavi]

This is my pacman.conf:

...
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5
...

[yvvki]

The pacman Color option don't colorize the package source nor the version change.

[HubKing]

I did that, but it didn't make the versions colourful.

Paru

Yay

Isn't the colouring done by Yay itself, not by Pacman?

[aaronedev]

I did that, but it didn't make the versions colourful.
Isn't the colouring done by Yay itself, not by Pacman?

i think it must be? However i wonder what the option listed by paru when does: "Color: Paru only enables color if color is enabled in pacman. Enable color in your pacman.conf"

[Morganamilo]

Yay and Paru both use --upgrademenu as the flag to enable that menu. I personally don't think it adds any value and its a bit of an assault on the eyes. But it stays in Paru as a holdover from Yay.

Personally I'd just stick with VerbosePkgLists and use --ignore if you need to ignore a pkg.

[rezad1393]

VerbosePkgLists

I think it is actually quite a useful option.
I can see if any package change its main version (first number from left) if it follow Semantic Versioning.

[rezad1393]

How to enable yay like colorful output?

btw how old that screenshot is that nano is that version and archlinux still had community repo?

[aaronedev]

@IamRezaMousavi did you figure out how to get the colors as same as yay does? or anyone here? I think its quite useful because otherwise i just see white stuff on my screen lol