Zsh | Physics Town

To install Z shell (Zsh):

1. In the Bash terminal, get zsh by the following command:

sudo apt-get install zsh

2. Then, apt-get also the following 3 packages:

sudo apt-get install zsh-syntax-highlighting

sudo apt-get install zsh-autosuggestions

sudo apt-get install zsh-theme-powerlevel9k

3. Read my blog post “Haskell mode“.

Follow the instructions point 0 and point 1 to install the Nix package manager.

4. Then, use the Nix package manager to install the Powerlevel10k theme.

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.zsh-powerlevel10k

5. Also, install the Meslo Nerd Font.

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.meslo-lgs-nf

The font would be located at

~/.nix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/

6. Use, for example, the KDE Plasma Font Management program to install the font.

7. Open the text file

~/.zshrc

Add the following 3 lines onto it:

source /usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

source /usr/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

source ~/.nix-profile/share/zsh-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme

8. Run the command

chsh --shell /usr/bin/zsh

9. Reboot the computer.

— Me@2022-12-21 01:29:17 PM

— Me@2023-01-05 10:43:10 PM

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