In this article we are going to install zsh and oh my zsh into our linux machine. In my case, I am using Ubuntu 23.04.
Check and Install Git
at first we have to check for git, if git is not installed, then run the following command to install git in our machine.
sudo apt install git
This command will install git into the machine and then we can move farther.
Install zsh
sudo apt install zsh
after completion of zsh type the following command to check the installed zsh version in your machine.
zsh --version
now before install oh my zsh into our machine, lets check whether there is curl is already installed or not.
run the following command to check the curl version.
curl --version
if curl is not installed, the command will through the following info to us.
Command curl not found, but can be installed with:
to install curl we have to run the following command in our terminal.
sudo apt install curl
and after completion of CURL installation, we can check the installation by the check the version of curl.
curl --version
now we are going to install oh-my-zsh in our machine by the following command.
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
this command will clone the oh-my-zsh git into your machine and then will ask you, if you want to change your default shell to zsh or not. we have to press 'Y' and then enter. this step require your sudo password. enter your password and all done. you will see oh-my-zsh screen in your terminal.
install power10k theme for oh myzsh clone the git repo
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
after cloning, chenge the default zsh theme from .zshrc file. run the following command to edit the zshrc file
nano ~/.zshrc
and change the default theme to powerlevel10k
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
now run the following command to source the zsh
source ~/.zshrc
this will prompt the configaration process. answer the questions.
be sure to install nerd font before this process. https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads
it's all done, logout from your machine and login. now you can use oh-my-zsh.
install plugin zsh autosuggestion run the following command to clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
add the plugin to .zshrc file in plugin section zsh-autosuggestions
and then source the .zshrc file
source ~/.zshrc
now we can use the auto suggestions plugin in our terminal.