To install, just copy the dircolors file to your home directory like this:
cp dircolors-8 ~/.dircolors-8
cp dircolors-256 ~/.dircolors-256
In your shell configuration files, add the following:
dircolors=$HOME/.dircolors-$(tput colors)
if [[ -f $dircolors ]]; then
eval $(dircolors -b $dircolors)
else
eval $(dircolors)
fi
If you want to contribute, just fork and edit the dircolors.yml file. You can generate a new dircolors file like this:
python dircolors.py