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Install zsh without root
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#!/bin/bash | |
set -e | |
# OPTIONAL: zsh will not install without ncurses. IF your machine doesn't have ncurses, you need to install it first. | |
export CXXFLAGS=" -fPIC" CFLAGS=" -fPIC" CPPFLAGS="-I${HOME}/include" LDFLAGS="-L${HOME}/lib" | |
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.2.tar.gz | |
tar -xzvf ncurses-6.2.tar.gz | |
cd ncurses-6.2 | |
./configure --prefix=$HOME --enable-shared | |
make | |
make install | |
cd .. && rm ncurses-6.2.tar.gz && rm -r ncurses-6.2 | |
# install zsh itself | |
wget -O zsh.tar.xz https://sourceforge.net/projects/zsh/files/latest/download | |
mkdir zsh && unxz zsh.tar.xz && tar -xvf zsh.tar -C zsh --strip-components 1 | |
cd zsh | |
./configure --prefix=$HOME | |
make | |
make install | |
cd .. && rm zsh.tar && rm -r zsh | |
echo -e "export SHELL=~/bin/zsh\nexec ~/bin/zsh -l" >> ~/.bash_profile # or chsh | |
# OPTIONAL: install oh-my-zsh | |
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)" |
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