Where is the xmobar config file?

Buildershed · 2021-03-10 17:53:49

I installed it. I used the sudo find / command and it still couldn't find the config file.

Anyone know where it is or how to get a config file?

jasonwryan · 2021-03-10 17:57:16

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xm … figuration

Buildershed · 2021-03-10 18:05:47

It's not in there

Trilby · 2021-03-10 18:08:41

How on earth did you install arch linux? Or should I ask: which unsupported "easy" installer did you use?

Buildershed · 2021-03-10 18:13:55

Arch is not that hard to install if you know what you're doing.

when I tried the xmonad & command, it did nothing other than:

[buildershed@Triarius ~]$ xmobar &
[7] 7498
[buildershed@Triarius ~]$ xmobar: /home/buildershed/.xmobarrc: hGetContents: invalid argument (invalid byte sequence)

I'm trying to find the xmobar config.

I installed xmobar using
sudo pacman -S xmobar

Last edited by Buildershed (2021-03-10 18:26:07)

Trilby · 2021-03-10 20:24:23

Buildershed wrote:

Arch is not that hard to install if you know what you're doing.

Yup.

The xmobar package does not provide a config file, you can read the pacman man page to learn how to confirm this. No package can provide files that would be under your home directory - sometimes they may provide a template that you can copy over, and in most cases - certainly for any widely-used software - this would be explained in the wiki. If you've read the wiki page that you've now been linked to, it should be clear that you need to create a config file.

In any case, the last error message you posted seems to suggest a file may exists where xmobar looks for it's config, but it is not valid. Is this true? Do you have an ~/.xmobarrc? If so, what's in it?

Buildershed · 2021-03-10 22:01:05

I checked in PCManFM and Gnome file manager and even with hidden files shown, it didn't show.

I also tried vim and it said [NEW] by the name
.xmobarrc

Trilby · 2021-03-10 22:31:35

Alright then. Follow the wiki, and mark the thread as SOLVED if there aren't further issues.

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#1 2021-03-10 17:53:49

Where is the xmobar config file?

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