A programming library providing an application programming interface (API) that allows the programmer to output colored text in terminal user interfaces (CLI).

Applications can send messages to msgcollector which it collects and dispatches once instructed to do so by the application.

For clarity and avoidance of confusion, msgcollector does not collect any data. Applications that do not use msgcollector do not interact with msgcollector. It is roughly in the same category as ncurses but has of course much less and very different features.

For graphical user interface (GUI) support also install package msgcollector-gui.

1. Download the APT Signing Key.

wget https://www.kicksecure.com/keys/derivative.asc

Users can check the Signing Key for better security.

2. Add the APT Signing Key.

sudo cp ~/derivative.asc /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc

3. Add the derivative repository.

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] https://deb.kicksecure.com bookworm main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list

4. Update your package lists.

sudo apt-get update

5. Install msgcollector.

sudo apt-get install msgcollector

Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:

dpkg-buildpackage -b

See instructions.

NOTE: Replace generic-package with the actual name of this package msgcollector.

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