Lain-Says

Lain-Says is a fun command-line tool inspired by cowsay, but with Lain from Serial Experiments Lain. It displays random sofware, hardware and science curiosities along with an ASCII representation of Lain.

Run locally

./usr/local/bin/lain-says

Installation

Installing from .deb

You can install Lain-Says using the .deb package:

sudo dpkg -i lain-says.deb

If you encounter missing dependencies, run:

sudo apt-get install -f

Uninstalling

If you ever want to remove Lain-Says, run:

sudo dpkg -r lain-says

Usage

Once installed, you can use it in the terminal:

lain-says "Hello, world!"

If no message is provided, it will display a random curiosity.

Building from Source

To build your own .deb package, clone the repository and use dpkg-deb:

git clone https://github.com/DamperDoor56/lain-says.git
cd lain-says
mkdir -p lain-says-pkg/DEBIAN
mkdir -p lain-says-pkg/usr/local/bin
cp usr/local/bin/lain-says lain-says-pkg/usr/local/bin/
cp DEBIAN/control DEBIAN/postinst DEBIAN/postrm lain-says-pkg/DEBIAN
cp usr/local/bin/phrases-en.txt lain-says-pkg/usr/local/bin
cp usr/local/bin/phrases-es.txt lain-says-pkg/usr/local/bin
dpkg-deb --build lain-says-pkg

This will generate lain-says-pkg.deb, which can be installed with this command.

sudo dpkg -i lain-says-pkg.deb

Releases

For the latest .deb releases, visit the Releases page.

License

This project is open-source and released under the MIT License.

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