ZSH More Productive Enviroment for DevOps.

zsh_environment.md

Becoming the ZSH More Productive

My Personal Preferences

This 'HowTo' goes through steps to become your shell env fully productive.

Features

• Install newer ZSH version
• Install OHMyZSH
• Install Powerlevel10k
• Add ZSH Plugins:
  • zsh-autosuggestions
  • zsh-syntax-highlighting

Install newer ZSH version

sudo yum -y groupinstall "Development tools"
sudo yum install ncurses-devel
curl -L https://sourceforge.net/projects/zsh/files/zsh/${ZSH_VER}/zsh-${ZSH_VER}.tar.xz | tar xJ
cd zsh-${ZSH_VER}/
./configure
sudo make && sudo make install
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/zsh /usr/bin/zsh
zsh --version
echo '/usr/bin/zsh' | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh $USER

Install OHMyZSH

Install OHMyZSH via the command-line with curl:

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

Install Powerlevel10k

Clone Repository:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Set ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k" in ~/.zshrc.

After that, update your ZSH enviroment:

source ~/.zshrc

Note

Once this done, an interactive sequence of powerlevel10k definitions will be started. Follow the steps and save it.

Add ZSH Plugins

1. zsh-autosuggestions

• Clone this repository into $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins (by default ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins)

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

2. zsh-syntax-highlighting

• Clone this repository in oh-my-zsh's plugins directory:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

3. Add these ZSH plugins to the Zsh list (inside ~/.zshrc):

plugins=(
    zsh-autosuggestions
    zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

3. (RE)Start a new ZSH session.

Sources:

• https://gist.github.com/Semo/378fba2516a31f2608f0ad0161a73ab7
• https://ohmyz.sh/
• https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#oh-my-zsh
• https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md#oh-my-zsh
• https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting)