how to change gnome-terminal colors from cli

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So far this works only if the system has one profile:


number_of_profiles=$(dconf list /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/ | wc -l)

if  "$number_of_profiles" -gt 1 ]; then
  echo "You have more than 1 profiles and I am too lazy to configure them"
  echo
  echo "Go to:"
  echo "Edit > Colors"
  echo "Text and Background Color -->  Built-in schemes: Solarized dark"
  echo "Palette --> Built-in schemes: Solarized"
else
  # take your profile
  profile=$(dconf list /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/)

  # Remove '/' from the end of the profile variable
  profile=$(echo "${profile::-1}")

  # Use theme colors
  dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/$profile/use-theme-colors "false"

  # Background color
  dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/$profile/background-color "'rgb(0,43,54)'"

  # Foreground color
  dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/$profile/foreground-color "'rgb(131,148,150)'"

  # Use Transparent background
  dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/$profile/use-transparent-background "false"

  # Solarized Palete
  dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/$profile/palette "'rgb(7,54,66)', 'rgb(220,50,47)',  'rgb(133,153,0)', 'rgb(181,137,0)', 'rgb(38,139,210)', 'rgb(211,54,130)', 'rgb(42,161,152)', 'rgb(238,   232,213)', 'rgb(0,43,54)', 'rgb(203,75,22)', 'rgb(88,110,117)', 'rgb(101,123,131)', 'rgb(131,148,150)',  'rgb(108,113,196)', 'rgb(147,161,161)', 'rgb(253,246,227)']"
fi

usually, after a fresh install there’s no output for:

dconf list /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/

so I need to create one. Do you know how can I do that from CLI ?

2

Hi
You need to go through gesettings to see the keys and create a profile…


gsettings list-keys org.gnome.Terminal.
org.gnome.Terminal.Legacy.Keybindings:/  org.gnome.Terminal.Legacy.Settings       org.gnome.Terminal.SettingsList:/
org.gnome.Terminal.Legacy.Profile:/      org.gnome.Terminal.ProfilesList

For example here is a default setting;


gsettings get org.gnome.Terminal.ProfilesList list
'b1dcc9dd-5262-4d8d-a863-c897e6d979b9']

The above seems to be random, so create a new one or use your default one and modify the settings.

3

Thanks it worked like a charm now :slight_smile: