Lolcat Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Raspbian And MacOS

Lolcat Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Raspbian And MacOS

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Put a rainbow in everything you `cat` to the console.

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Install lolcat

  • Debian apt-get install lolcat Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install lolcat Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S lolcat Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install lolcat Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install lolcat Click to copy
  • macOS brew install lolcat Click to copy

Put a rainbow in everything you `cat` to the console.

How to use lolcat?

Below are few example commands for lolcat that you can use in the terminal.

Print a file to the console in rainbow colors:
lolcat path/to/fileClick to copy
Print the result of a text-producing command in rainbow colors:
fortune | lolcatClick to copy
Print a file to the console with animated rainbow colors:
lolcat -a path/to/fileClick to copy
Print a file to the console with 24-bit (truecolor) rainbow colors:
lolcat -t path/to/fileClick to copy
Installation of latest lolcat command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Raspbian and macOS. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.