Install Powerline MacOS

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Step 1: Installation

Install Python3 via homebrew (Optional: in case you do not have pyhton installed. run python3 --version to see if it's installed)

$ brew install python3

Install powerline via pip (python package manager)

$ pip3 install powerline-status

Find the location

$ pip3 show powerline-status

It shows that the powerline-status is installed at /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages

Step 2: Configuration

To activate powerline, you need to source powerline.sh in your .bash_profile

Open up your .bash_profile in Vim or any editor

$ vim ~/.bash_profile

Paste this code into your .bash_profile

# Powerline
powerline-daemon -q
POWERLINE_BASH_CONTINUATION=1
POWERLINE_BASH_SELECT=1
source /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh

Now, create a configuration directory for powerline in your home directory and copy the config_files/ directory from the powerline direcory.

$ mkdir ~/.config/powerline
$ cp -r /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/powerline/config_files/ ~/.config/powerline/