Install tlrc with Homebrew:
brew install tlrc
Install tlrc from nixpkgs.
Install tlrc (from source) or tlrc-bin (prebuilt) from the AUR.
Install tlrc with Zypper:
zypper install tlrc
Install tlrc with Winget:
winget install tldr-pages.tlrc
Install tlrc with MacPorts:
port install tlrc
Install tlrc with pkgin
:
pkgin install tlrc
To build tlrc from a source tarball, run:
cargo install tlrc
Note
Shell completion files and the man page will not be installed that way.
You can find prebuilt binaries here.
See man tldr
or the online manpage. For a brief description, you can also run:
tldr --help
Tlrc can be customized with a TOML configuration file. To get the default path for your system, run:
tldr --config-path
To generate a default config file, run:
tldr --gen-config > "$(tldr --config-path)"
or copy the below example.
[cache]
# Override the cache directory.
dir = "/path/to/cache"
# Override the base URL used for downloading tldr pages.
# The mirror must provide files with the same names as the official tldr pages repository:
# mirror/tldr.sha256sums must point to the SHA256 checksums of all assets
# mirror/tldr-pages.LANGUAGE.zip must point to a zip archive that contains platform directories with pages in LANGUAGE
mirror = "https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/releases/latest/download"
# Automatically update the cache if it's older than max_age hours.
auto_update = true
max_age = 336 # 336 hours = 2 weeks
# Specify a list of desired page languages. If it's empty, languages specified in
# the LANG and LANGUAGE environment variables are downloaded.
# English is implied and will always be downloaded.
# You can see a list of language codes here: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
# Example: ["de", "pl"]
languages = []
[output]
# Show the title in the rendered page.
show_title = true
# Show the platform name ('common', 'linux', etc.) in the title.
platform_title = false
# Prefix descriptions of examples with hyphens.
show_hyphens = false
# Use a custom string instead of a hyphen.
example_prefix = "- "
# Strip empty lines from output.
compact = false
# Print pages in raw markdown.
raw_markdown = false
# Number of spaces to put before each line of the page.
[indent]
# Command name.
title = 2
# Command description.
description = 2
# Descriptions of examples.
bullet = 2
# Example command invocations.
example = 4
# Style for the title of the page (command name).
[style.title]
# Fixed colors: "black", "red", "green", "yellow", "blue", "magenta", "cyan", "white", "default"
# 256color ANSI code: { color256 = 50 }
# RGB: { rgb = [0, 255, 255] }
color = "magenta"
background = "default"
bold = true
underline = false
italic = false
dim = false
strikethrough = false
# Style for the description of the page.
[style.description]
color = "magenta"
background = "default"
bold = false
underline = false
italic = false
dim = false
strikethrough = false
# Style for descriptions of examples.
[style.bullet]
color = "green"
background = "default"
bold = false
underline = false
italic = false
dim = false
strikethrough = false
# Style for command examples.
[style.example]
color = "cyan"
background = "default"
bold = false
underline = false
italic = false
dim = false
strikethrough = false
# Style for URLs inside the description.
[style.url]
color = "red"
background = "default"
bold = false
underline = false
italic = true
dim = false
strikethrough = false
# Style for text surrounded by backticks (`).
[style.inline_code]
color = "yellow"
background = "default"
bold = false
underline = false
italic = true
dim = false
strikethrough = false
# Style for placeholders inside command examples.
[style.placeholder]
color = "red"
background = "default"
bold = false
underline = false
italic = true
dim = false
strikethrough = false