The latest articles on DEV Community by Roman (@zeromeroz). https://dev.to/zeromeroz https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F307091%2F1bf85f63-e45c-4716-b74d-2c1688fff6a5.jpg https://dev.to/zeromeroz en Roman Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:33:37 +0000 https://dev.to/zeromeroz/setting-up-zsh-and-oh-my-zhs-with-autocomplete-plugins-1nml https://dev.to/zeromeroz/setting-up-zsh-and-oh-my-zhs-with-autocomplete-plugins-1nml <p>In this post I'll provide you with step-by-step tutorial on how to set up oh-my-zsh in your terminal with <strong><em>in my opinion</em></strong>, essential plugins.<br> First things first:<br> <strong>If you run Linux you can use your packet manager to install all neccesarry packages and jump straight to configuration section.</strong><br> Instead of <code>apt install</code> use your packet manager commands.</p> <h2> Linux install using packet manager </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nb">sudo </span>apt <span class="nb">install </span>zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh zsh-autocomplete </code></pre> </div> <h2> Terminal install using Git and sh </h2> <ul> <li>Install <a href="https://ohmyz.sh/">Oh my ZSH</a> </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>sh <span class="nt">-c</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="si">$(</span>curl <span class="nt">-fsSL</span> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh<span class="si">)</span><span class="s2">"</span> </code></pre> </div> <ul> <li> <p>Install plugins</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions">autosuggesions plugin</a> </li> </ul> <p><code>git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions</code><br> </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting">zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin</a> </li> </ul> <p><code>git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting</code><br> </p> <ul> <li> <a href="(https://github.com/zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting)">zsh-fast-syntax-highlighting plugin</a> </li> </ul> <p><code>git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fast-syntax-highlighting</code><br> </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete">zsh-autocomplete plugin</a> </li> </ul> <p><code>git clone --depth 1 -- https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autocomplete</code><br> </p> </li> </ul> <h2> Configuration </h2> <ul> <li> <p>Enable plugins by adding them to <code>.zshrc.</code></p> <ul> <li>Open .zshrc</li> <li><code>nano ~/.zshrc</code></li> <li>Find the line which says <code>plugins=(git)</code>.</li> <li> Replace that line with </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code> <span class="nv">plugins</span><span class="o">=(</span> git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting fast-syntax-highlighting zsh-autocomplete <span class="o">)</span> </code></pre> </div> <ul> <li> <strong>Reload your environment to make changes work!</strong> <ul> <li><code>source ~/.zshrc</code></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2> Optional </h2> <ul> <li>Enable cutom theme <ul> <li><code>nano ~/.zshrc</code></li> <li>Find the <code>ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"</code> </li> <li>Replace with <code>ZSH_THEME="alanpeabody"</code> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>You can find my fork of the file on <a href="https://gist.github.com/zeromero-dev/b56f1bd10f20c0805a4d77197d416cbd#file-oh-my-zsh-with-zsh-autosuggestions-zsh-syntax-highlighting-zsh-fast-syntax-highlighting-and-zsh-autocomplete-md">Github Gists</a></p> tutorial ohmyzsh zsh terminal