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Install and configure zsh on Linux Mint/Ubuntu
# install zsh
cd $HOME
sudo apt install zsh
touch .zshrc
chsh -s $(which zsh)
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
# install plugins
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
cd ~/.local/share/fonts
wget https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/raw/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Regular.ttf
wget https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/raw/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Bold.ttf
wget https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/raw/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Italic.ttf
wget https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k-media/raw/master/MesloLGS%20NF%20Bold%20Italic.ttf
fc-cache -fv
# active plugins
echo -e '\nsource $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh' >> ~/.zshrc
sed -i 's/plugins=(git)/plugins=(git sudo common-aliases zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)/' $HOME/.zshrc
sed -i 's/^ZSH_THEME=.*/ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k\/powerlevel10k"/' ~/.zshrc
# configure zsh style
p10k configure
# create aliases and envs
touch $HOME/.zsh_aliases
touch $HOME/.zsh_envs
[[ ! -f ~/.zsh_envs ]] || source ~/.zsh_envs
[[ ! -f ~/.zsh_aliases ]] || source ~/.zsh_aliases
# aliases suggested
# system
alias ll='ls -la --color=auto'
alias upd='sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && flatpak upgrade -y'
alias cleanup='sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean && flatpak uninstall --unused'
alias please='sudo $(fc -ln -1)'
alias ip='ip -c a'
alias ports='sudo lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN'
# ------------------- .zshrc file example -------------------
alias zsh_update='omz update && git -C ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k pull && git -C ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions pull && git -C ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting pull'
alias zshconfig="nano ~/.zshrc"
alias zshaliases="nano ~/.zsh_aliases"
alias ohmyzsh="nano ~/.oh-my-zsh"
# Force terminal emulator to use zsh shell
# If it's still launching Bash, it might be your terminal emulator (like GNOME Terminal) forcing Bash.
# To check this:
# Open Terminal.
# Go to Edit → Preferences.
# Select your profile (usually “Unnamed” or “Default”).
# Go to the Command tab.
# Make sure “Run custom command instead of my shell” is checked with "zsh" command value.
# Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. Should stay close to the top of ~/.zshrc.
# Initialization code that may require console input (password prompts, [y/n]
# confirmations, etc.) must go above this block; everything else may go below.
if [[ -r "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh" ]]; then
source "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh"
fi
# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
# export PATH=$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
# Path to your Oh My Zsh installation.
export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"
# Set name of the theme to load --- if set to "random", it will
# load a random theme each time Oh My Zsh is loaded, in which case,
# to know which specific one was loaded, run: echo $RANDOM_THEME
# See https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes
# ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
# Set list of themes to pick from when loading at random
# Setting this variable when ZSH_THEME=random will cause zsh to load
# a theme from this variable instead of looking in $ZSH/themes/
# If set to an empty array, this variable will have no effect.
# ZSH_THEME_RANDOM_CANDIDATES=( "robbyrussell" "agnoster" )
# Uncomment the following line to use case-sensitive completion.
# CASE_SENSITIVE="true"
# Uncomment the following line to use hyphen-insensitive completion.
# Case-sensitive completion must be off. _ and - will be interchangeable.
# HYPHEN_INSENSITIVE="true"
# Uncomment one of the following lines to change the auto-update behavior
# zstyle ':omz:update' mode disabled # disable automatic updates
zstyle ':omz:update' mode auto # update automatically without asking
# zstyle ':omz:update' mode reminder # just remind me to update when it's time
# Uncomment the following line to change how often to auto-update (in days).
zstyle ':omz:update' frequency 7
# Uncomment the following line if pasting URLs and other text is messed up.
# DISABLE_MAGIC_FUNCTIONS="true"
# Uncomment the following line to disable colors in ls.
# DISABLE_LS_COLORS="true"
# Uncomment the following line to disable auto-setting terminal title.
# DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="true"
# Uncomment the following line to enable command auto-correction.
ENABLE_CORRECTION="true"
# Uncomment the following line to display red dots whilst waiting for completion.
# You can also set it to another string to have that shown instead of the default red dots.
# e.g. COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="%F{yellow}waiting...%f"
# Caution: this setting can cause issues with multiline prompts in zsh < 5.7.1 (see #5765)
# COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="true"
# Uncomment the following line if you want to disable marking untracked files
# under VCS as dirty. This makes repository status check for large repositories
# much, much faster.
# DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true"
# Uncomment the following line if you want to change the command execution time
# stamp shown in the history command output.
# You can set one of the optional three formats:
# "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd"
# or set a custom format using the strftime function format specifications,
# see 'man strftime' for details.
HIST_STAMPS="dd/mm/yyyy"
# Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom?
# ZSH_CUSTOM=/path/to/new-custom-folder
# Which plugins would you like to load?
# Standard plugins can be found in $ZSH/plugins/
# Custom plugins may be added to $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/
# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
# Add wisely, as too many plugins slow down shell startup.
plugins=(git sudo common-aliases zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)
# User configuration
export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"
# You may need to manually set your language environment
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
export EDITOR=nano
# Compilation flags
# export ARCHFLAGS="-arch $(uname -m)"
# To customize prompt, run `p10k configure` or edit ~/.p10k.zsh.
[[ ! -f $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh ]] || source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
[[ ! -f ~/.p10k.zsh ]] || source ~/.p10k.zsh
[[ ! -f ~/.zsh_envs ]] || source ~/.zsh_envs
[[ ! -f ~/.zsh_aliases ]] || source ~/.zsh_aliases
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