The Matrix is a science fiction action movie from 1999. It was written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. The film has falling green characters on screen. The digital rain is representing the activity of the virtual reality in “The Matrix.” You can now have Matrix digital rain with CMatrix on a Linux or Unix terminal too.
Install cmatrix
Install and setup CMatrix as per your Linux/Unix version.
How to install cmatrix on a Debian/Ubuntu Linux
Type the following apt-get command/apt command on a Debian/Ubuntu/Mint Linux:
$ sudo apt install cmatrix
Outputs from my Ubuntu desktop:
[sudo] password for vivek: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: cmatrix-xfont The following NEW packages will be installed: cmatrix 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 15.8 kB of archives. After this operation, 50.2 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 cmatrix amd64 1.2a-5build2 [15.8 kB] Fetched 15.8 kB in 0s (19.7 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package cmatrix. (Reading database ... 205388 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../cmatrix_1.2a-5build2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking cmatrix (1.2a-5build2) ... Setting up cmatrix (1.2a-5build2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Installing cmatrix on an Arch Linux
Execute the following pacman command:
$ sudo pacman -S cmatrix
FreeBSD install cmatrix
To install the port run:
# cd /usr/ports/misc/cmatrix/ && make install clean
OR add the binary package using the pkg command
# pkg install cmatrix
macOS Unix desktop install cmatrix
First, install Homebrew on macOS and then type the following brew command:
$ brew install cmatrix
OpenBSD install cmatrix using the pkg_add
Run the following pkg_add command:
# pkg_add cmatrix
Fedora Linux installation
Try the following dnf command:
$ sudo dnf install cmatrix
Alpine Linux install cmatrix
Use the following apk command:
$ sudo apk add cmatrix
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz (1/1) Installing cmatrix (2.0-r0) Executing busybox-1.31.1-r19.trigger OK: 16 MiB in 29 packages
Using cmatrix
Simply type the following command at your shell prompt:
$ cmatrix
cmtarix in action
Using keyboard
The following keystrokes are available during execution (unavailable in -s mode):
| KEYSTROKES | Description |
|---|---|
| a | Toggle asynchronous scroll |
| b | Random bold characters |
| B | All bold characters |
| n | Turn off bold characters |
| 0-9 | Adjust update speed |
| ! @ # $ % ^ & ) | Change the color of the matrix to the corresponding color: ! – red, @ – green, # – yellow, $ – blue, % – magenta, ^ – cyan, & – white, ) – black. |
| q | Quit the program |
You can pass the following option to the cmatrix command:
$ cmatrix -h
Here is what we see:
-a: Asynchronous scroll -b: Bold characters on -B: All bold characters (overrides -b) -c: Use Japanese characters as seen in the original matrix. Requires appropriate fonts -f: Force the linux $TERM type to be on -l: Linux mode (uses matrix console font) -L: Lock mode (can be closed from another terminal) -o: Use old-style scrolling -h: Print usage and exit -n: No bold characters (overrides -b and -B, default) -s: "Screensaver" mode, exits on first keystroke -x: X window mode, use if your xterm is using mtx.pcf -V: Print version information and exit -u delay (0 - 10, default 4): Screen update delay -C [color]: Use this color for matrix (default green) -r: rainbow mode -m: lambda mode
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And also on Fedora with `dnf in cmatrix`.
Thanks for info. I updated my page.
works perfect, seen this before had to give it a try and it was awesome using cmatrix -b
cmatrix on a higher speed is very CPU intensive (written in its manual too) and so a great tool to stress the processor
This is simply amazing!
I am neo and I like this curses-based scrolling ‘Matrix’-like screen <3
Is there a way to get this as my background in mint?
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