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Getting oh-my-zsh to work in Ubuntu

Prereq:

apt-get install zsh
apt-get install git-core

Getting zsh to work in ubuntu is weird, since sh does not understand the source command. So, you do this to install zsh

wget https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O - | zsh

and then you change your shell to zsh

chsh -s `which zsh`

and then restart

sudo shutdown -r 0

This problem is explained in depth in this issue

@dimpiax
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dimpiax commented Oct 23, 2017

for AMI Linux, chsh -s $(which zsh) ec2-user

@bin9003
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bin9003 commented Nov 11, 2017

棒棒的!!

@physhik
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physhik commented Nov 27, 2017

Thanks!

@webhat
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webhat commented Dec 6, 2017

@Naatan the reason he probably does that is that window managers don't always pick up the changes automatically. Saying reboot rather than adding a procedure to install each window manager makes the instructions easier to follow.

@mateusdotcc
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Thanks 👍

@Ahm4d-94
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Ahm4d-94 commented Jan 8, 2018

thanks bro 👍

@li19860
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li19860 commented Jan 11, 2018

thanks bro.

@sahota14
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Thank you!

@aramatev
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aramatev commented Feb 15, 2018

You need the Powerline font to have your CLI with show git icons correctly
sudo apt install fonts-powerline

OR

git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git --depth=1
# install
cd fonts
./install.sh```

@HCrane
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HCrane commented Feb 21, 2018

Thank you!

@lauragift21
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Thanks for this. How do I confirm it's working on my terminal?

@saidziani
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Thanks a lot!

@jmau111
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jmau111 commented Apr 26, 2018

very nice and still useflul !!!

@DennisMufasa
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worked like a charm!

@blueshell2017
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well,thanks a lot,nearly there years later, this approach still works,but ,maybe use logout is well?shutdown -r 0 is very rough?hahhaha:)

@gitpetrova
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thanks a lot!

@javiros
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javiros commented Aug 19, 2018

Fantastic! Thank you!!

@rishabhdeepsingh
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Thanks a LOT Bro

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ghost commented Sep 13, 2018

cheers!

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ghost commented Sep 26, 2018

Thank you

@Mr-Quinn
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Thank you... zsh &&.oh-my-zsh is the first apt I install on any new system!

@themoralpanda
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Thanks for the share :)

@franciscodara
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Guys, how uninstall this tutor? Help me please!

@sinscary
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Awesome man

@mrroot5
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mrroot5 commented Apr 16, 2019

@ilhamdoanggg
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some problem after a week not shutdown my pc
and than i restart it back to bash normal, i use ubuntu 18-04 anyway
and here sudo shutdown -r 0 very nice solving

@elduglas
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👍 Thanks so much!!!

@DNXie
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DNXie commented Aug 1, 2021

Thanks so much! It worked!

@TristanK27
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Thank you, you're the man

@JhouplayBR
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thanks dude, still working

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