Anybody know how to resolve this error?
$ sudo alacritty migrate
No configuration file found
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This is not a new issue - and it is not an error.
You can no longer import old alacritty config files - so it appears you must now start freshā¦ the real issue now is that if you search, you will find many outdated solutions based on past iterations.
Alacritty starts with no config file, and does not create a template - for more information about creating your config, visit the Alacritty resource page
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Alacritty
Iāll be honest, I went for Kitty - itās less technically challengingā¦ but Konsole has me covered for 99% of my use case.
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Do you run alacritty as root or login into your DE as root? ā very bad idea, stop immediately. Otherwise simply run this command without sudo.
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Iāve just been playing with it - basically removing tons of outdated/bad keys.
I have a file that works somewhat (though specific to my fonts etc).
~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
general.live_config_reload = true
[terminal.shell]
program = "/usr/bin/fish"
[window]
startup_mode = "Windowed"
title = "Alacritty"
dynamic_title = true
decorations_theme_variant = "None"
decorations = "Full"
opacity = 0.75
blur = true
# SCROLLING
# This section documents the [scrolling] table of the configuration file.
# history = <integer>
# Maximum number of lines in the scrollback buffer.
# Specifying 0 will disable scrolling.
# Limited to 100000.
# Default: 10000
# multiplier = <integer>
# Number of line scrolled for every input scroll increment.
# Default: 3
[scrolling]
history = 10000
multiplier = 2
# FONT
# This section documents the [font] table of the configuration file.
# normal = { family = "<string>", style = "<string>" }
# Default:
# Linux/BSD: { family = "monospace", style = "Regular" }
# Windows: { family = "Consolas", style = "Regular" }
# macOS: { family = "Menlo", style = "Regular" }
# bold = { family = "<string>", style = "<string>" }
# If the family is not specified, it will fall back to the value specified for the normal font.
# Default: { style = "Bold" }
# italic = { family = "<string>", style = "<string>" }
# If the family is not specified, it will fall back to the value specified for the normal font.
# Default: { style = "Italic" }
# bold_italic = { family = "<string>", style = "<string>" }
# If the family is not specified, it will fall back to the value specified for the normal font.
# Default: { style = "Bold Italic" }
# size = <float>
# Font size in points.
# Default: 11.25
# offset = { x = <integer>, y = <integer> }
# Offset is the extra space around each character. The 'y' can be thought of as modifying the line spacing, and 'x' as modifying the letter spacing.
# Default: { x = 0, y = 0 }
# glyph_offset = { x = <integer>, y = <integer> }
# Glyph offset determines the locations of the glyphs within their cells with the default being at the bottom. Increasing x moves the glyph to the right, increasing y moves the glyph upward.
# builtin_box_drawing = true | false
# When true, Alacritty will use a custom built-in font for box drawing characters (Unicode points U+2500 - U+259F) and powerline symbols (Unicode points U+E0B0 - U+E0B3).
# Default: true
[font]
normal = { family = "FiraCode Nerd Font" }
size = 11.5
builtin_box_drawing = true
# COLORS
# This section documents the [colors] table of the configuration file.
# Colors are specified using their hexadecimal values with a # prefix: #RRGGBB.
# colors primary
# This section documents the [colors.primary] table of the configuration file.
[colors]
cursor = { text = "#28351e", cursor = "#aaff7f" }
# colors search
# This section documents the [colors.search] table of the configuration.
# Allowed values are hexadecimal colors like #ff00ff, or CellForeground/CellBackground, which references the affected cell.
[colors.search]
matches = { foreground = "#292929", background = "#ac4242" }
focused_match = { foreground = "#292929", background = "#f4bf75" }
# matches = { foreground = "<string>", background = "<string>" }
# Default: { foreground = "#181818", background = "#ac4242" }
# focused_match = { foreground = "<string>", background = "<string>" }
# Default: { foreground = "#181818", background = "#f4bf75" }
# indexed_colors = [{ index = <integer>, color = "<string>" },]
# The indexed colors include all colors from 16 to 256. When these are not set, they're filled with sensible defaults.
# Default: []
# transparent_background_colors = true | false
# Whether or not window.opacity applies to all cell backgrounds, or only to the default background. When set to true all cells will be transparent regardless of their background color.
# Default: false
# draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors = true | false
# When true, bold text is drawn using the bright color variants.
# Default: false
[[hints.enabled]]
regex = "[^ ]+\\.rs:\\d+:\\d+"
command = { program = "code", args = [ "--goto" ] }
mouse = { enabled = true }
# colors hints
# This section documents the [colors.hints] table of the configuration.
# [colors.hints]
# start = { foreground = "#292929", background = "#8c6c43" }
# end = { foreground = "#292929", background = "#ac6767" }
# start = { foreground = "<string>", background = "<string>" }
# First character in the hint label.
# Allowed values are hexadecimal colors like #ff00ff, or CellForeground/CellBackground, which references the affected cell.
# Default: { foreground = "#181818", background = "#f4bf75" }
# end = { foreground = "<string>", background = "<string>" }
# All characters after the first one in the hint label.
# Allowed values are hexadecimal colors like #ff00ff, or CellForeground/CellBackground, which references the affected cell.
# Default: { foreground = "#181818", background = "#ac4242" }
# line_indicator = { foreground = "<string>", background = "<string>" }
# Color used for the indicator displaying the position in history during search and vi mode.
# Setting this to "None" will use the opposing primary color.
# Default: { foreground = "None", background = "None" }
# footer_bar = { foreground = "<string>", background = "<string>" }
# Color used for the footer bar on the bottom, used by search regex input, hyperlink URI preview, etc.
# Default: { foreground = "#181818", background = "#d8d8d8" }
# selection = { text = "<string>", background = "<string>" }
# Colors used for drawing selections.
# Allowed values are hexadecimal colors like #ff00ff, or CellForeground/CellBackground, which references the affected cell.
# Default: { text = "CellBackground", background = "CellForeground" }
# normal
# This section documents the [colors.normal] table of the configuration.
# Defaults from Alacritty.org used.
[colors.normal]
black = "#292929"
red = "#ac4242"
green = "#90a959"
yellow = "#f4bf75"
blue = "#6a9fb5"
magenta = "#aa759f"
cyan = "#75b5aa"
white = "#d8d8d8"
# bright
# This section documents the [colors.bright] table of the configuration.
# Defaults from Alacritty.org used.
[colors.bright]
black = "#6b6b6b"
red = "#c55555"
green = "#aac474"
yellow = "#feca88"
blue = "#82b8c8"
magenta = "#c28cb8"
cyan = "#93d3c3"
white = "#f8f8f8"
[bell]
animation = "Linear"
duration = 0
#color = "#ffffff"
#command = "None"
[mouse]
hide_when_typing = false
Editing
You should keep Alacritty Window open alongside your editor - and as you save your file, youāll see live updates (good when adjusting the font, also it gives feedback with details of any errors).
SUDO (my TwoPennyworth)
Across forums I have heard many advices (usually from folks who know what theyāre doing).
But as a noob, I learned not to use sudo. I mean - just donāt. You end up in āpermissions hellā. (I do still slip up now and thenā¦)
If you run pacman -Syu then you WILL get feedbackā¦ then you can modify (Alt+S usually does the trick).
The same applies to pamac update.
Not using sudo is an excellent idea. Permission should be requested when required.
Try again without abusing sudo. 
In the future, please copy and paste terminal output with proper formatting outlined below, not screenshots of text.
EDIT: Iām told it may not be possible to copy and paste that warning.
Please see:
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Iām not āabusing sudoāā¦
I ran it once and it said I didnāt have permissions, so I ran it again with sudoā¦
No, Iām not running it with sudo all the timeā¦
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Thank You
Konsole does not work for one of my use cases where I need to launch a terminal with a specific name.
āalacritty -Tā allows this. I could not find any Konsole option like this
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I ran as sudo once for this specific āmigrateā command since running without sudo gave a permission error. I do not run anything with sudo by default.
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In any case, this was resolved by changing from āimportā to āgeneral.importā in the below lines from my config file:
OLD
import = [
"/usr/lib/node_modules/alacritty-themes/themes/Atelierforest.dark.toml"
]
NEW
general.import = [
"/usr/lib/node_modules/alacritty-themes/themes/Atelierforest.dark.toml"
]
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Why I am looking at alacrity!