How to setup ZSH

date posted: 2021-Oct-12, last edit date: 2021-Oct-12

Note: Oh-My-ZSH has many plugins. You can find a list of pre-installed plugins here.

# install
sudo apt-get install zsh


# make default shell
whereis zsh # take the first path and put it in the next command
sudo usermod -s /usr/bin/zsh $(whoami)
sudo reboot


# install plugin, font, and theme
sudo apt-get install powerline fonts-powerline
sudo apt-get install zsh-theme-powerlevel9k


# enable theme
echo "source /usr/share/powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme" >> ~/.zshrc


# enable syntax highlighting
sudo apt-get install zsh-syntax-highlighting
echo "source /usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc


# install Oh-My-ZSH
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"


# enable theme and plugin
echo "source /usr/share/powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "source /usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc


# enable colored-man-pages plugin
vim ~/.zshrc
# add "colored-man-pages" to the plugins section (space delimeted)


# install zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
# add "zsh-autosuggestions" to the plugins section (space delimeted)


# install zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv
git clone "https://github.com/MichaelAquilina/zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv.git" "$ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/autoswitch_virtualenv"
# add "autoswitch_virtualenv" to the plugins section (space delimeted)


# fix virtualenv issue by adding the following line to the end of ~/.zshrc 
POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(status root_indicator background_jobs history time virtualenv)

References:

• How to Install ZSH Shell on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• zsh-autosuggestions
• zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv
• virtualenv name not show in zsh prompt