Ubuntu 16.04 + Terminator + Oh My ZSH with Agnoster Theme

ubuntu_agnoster_install.md

Install Terminator (shell)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome-terminator
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install terminator

Terminator should be setup as default now. Restart your terminal (shortcut: "Ctrl+Alt+T").

Install ZSH

sudo apt-get install zsh

Restart your terminal. Choose option 2 for Z Shell configuration.
Don't forget to migrate your previous configurations (RVM, Rbenv...) from .bashrc to .zshrc

Install Oh My ZSH

cd
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Setup missing fonts (powerline)

Easy way

If your are using Ubuntu >= 16.04 you can simply run: sudo apt-get install fonts-powerline

Alternative way

Install powerline font

cd
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/PowerlineSymbols.otf
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/10-powerline-symbols.conf
mkdir ~/.fonts/
mv PowerlineSymbols.otf ~/.fonts/
mkdir -p .config/fontconfig/conf.d #if directory doesn't exists

Clean fonts cache

fc-cache -vf ~/.fonts/

Move config file

mv 10-powerline-symbols.conf ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/

Configure ZSH

vim ~/.zshrc

Theme

Change [ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"] to [ZSH_THEME="agnoster"]

ZSH_THEME="agnoster"

Change theme colors to solarize

dconf is required if you don't already have it.

sudo apt-get install dconf-cli

git clone https://github.com/aruhier/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized ~/.solarized
cd ~/.solarized
./install.sh

• I recommend you option 1 (dark theme) which is just great.
• Choose option 1 to download seebi' dircolors-solarized

After installation, open .zshrc and add the line:

eval `dircolors ~/.dir_colors/dircolors`

To activate dark solarize theme in Terminator just right click on the terminal,

Preferences>Profiles>Colors>Foreground and Background>Built-in schemes: Solarized dark Preferences>Profiles>Colors>Palette>Built-in schemes: Solarized

Restart Terminator and you're done!

Ruby developer (optional)

Plugins

If you are Ruby developer you can use these plugins by replacing plugins in .zshrc

plugins=(git rails ruby capistrano bundler heroku rake rvm autojump command-not-found python pip github gnu-utils history-substring-search zsh-syntax-highlighting)

Ruby version prompt

(Add one of the line below into your .zshrc file)

RVM users

RPROMPT="\$(~/.rvm/bin/rvm-prompt s i v g)%{$fg[yellow]%}[%*]"

Rbenv users

RPROMPT='%{$fg[yellow]%}$(rbenv version-name)%{$reset_color%}%'

That's it!

Very nice walkthrough, very helpfull. love my new prompt :)

Thanks. Very usefull.

Thank you, no complications in the process, just brilliant!

ZSH_THEME="bureau" is fairly good.

When I run the command htop, some of the numbers are invisible because of the background color.

Here is how it looks if I used solarized light

Is there any workaround for the solarized dark? I found this altercation/solarized#220, but couldn't find anything related to ubuntu

@hardianlawi
It's a color conflict between htop and solarized.
My advice is to change colors in htop.

1. htop
2. F2 Setup
3. Colors → Broken Gray
4. F10 Done

Hope it will help ;)

Hey all,
If you have a question please drop a comment on my website instead. There is no notifications system implemented in Gist :/

after you install zsh , youre missing a step

chsh -s $(which zsh)

@renshuki
Thanks for the help!

It would be a bit better if you add a command to make ~/.fonts
people can just copy paste then

Install powerline font

cd
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/PowerlineSymbols.otf
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/10-powerline-symbols.conf
mkdir ~/.fonts/
mv PowerlineSymbols.otf ~/.fonts/
mkdir -p .config/fontconfig/conf.d #if directory doesn't exists

@aneesh-joshi thanks updated =)

Thank you! It's indeed helpful!

Thank you!

Hi It didn't work for me.
Am using Pop Os 18.04
Agnoster theme got applied but the powerline font is not reflecting.

Can you help me to setup the agnoster theme?

@mohantysabyasachi27: Change your terminal font to "Source Code Pro for Powerline Regular". Then it should work :)

I am running Ubuntu inside Windows 10 and this doesn't work for me.

Great. Thank you so much. I use agnoster in Mac OS with iterm and now use in Ubuntu.

For vscode users, add the following to the settings.json

"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Source Code Pro for Powerline",

This repo worked for me
git clone https://github.com/aruhier/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized.git ~/.solarized
instead of
git clone git://github.com/sigurdga/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized.git ~/.solarized

Thanks!!!

For powerline fonts installation, I think you could simply run sudo apt install fonts-powerline. It works on Ubuntu 16.04.

great one... thank you

For powerline fonts installation, I think you could simply run sudo apt install fonts-powerline. It works on Ubuntu 16.04.

I tested it and it works indeed. I'll update the gist with it, thanks for this.

great

I am not getting proper agnoster theme.

Thank you!

Thanks :D

Hello, Can i use with Titix?

Thank you :)

it seems like the solarized repo has changed - use this one now:

https://github.com/aruhier/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized

Good point @AbstractFruitFactory 👍
I updated the gist with the new URL, thx 😃