How to setup oh my zsh on linux

The ZSH (Z-Shell) has become one of the most popular shells for the Linux operating system. It has a lot of features and is simple to set up and customize.

If you haven’t installed zsh, first you need to install zsh to install oh my zsh.

Step 1 – Install ZSH (Z-Shell)

Oh-my-zsh is an open-source management framework for ZSH, the Z shell. It includes helpful functions, plugins, helpers, themes, and a few other things that will help you perform better at the terminal. Currently, over 275 plugins and 150 themes are supported.

For Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Kali:

$ sudo apt install zsh

For Fedora, CentOS, RHEL:

$ sudo yum install zsh

Step 2 – Change Default shell

ZSH is automatically selected as the default shell after the installation is complete. To check the current shell, run the following command:

echo $SHELL

If your default shell isn’t ZSH, use the following command to set it as your default:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

if u are getting error like this

Use this method instead:

usermod -s $(which zsh) [username]

Step 3 – Install oh-my-zsh

You can easily install Oh My Zsh via the command-line with either curl or wget as shown:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

OR

sh -c "$(wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Step 4 – Enable oh-my-zsh plugins

OH-MY-ZSH supports a wide range of plugins, and installing one is straightforward. Simply download the plugin package and add the plugin name to the.zshrc file’s plugins=() option. After installation, the only plugin that is enabled by default is git.

Default plugins are in the plugins directory.

cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/
ls -a

How to remove oh-my-zsh ?

If you want ro remove oh-my-zsh simply run the following code:

uninstall oh_my_zsh

That’s all for this post on How to Install ZSH in Linux. If you have any queries let me know in the comments.