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Install Z-shell (Oh My Zsh) on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Santhosh Veer on October 04, 2018

Update the packages sudo apt-get update sudo apt upgrade Install prerequisite packages (ZSH, powerline & powerline...
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JT McHorse •

exec zsh will also work

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Zulhilmi Zainudin •

For AWS Lightsail users, this one worked for me:

sudo chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh $(whoami)

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Ruan •

Better post about zsh and oh my zsh that i've ever seen.

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Akash •

chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

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mohammadreza berneti •

great

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Rong Sen Ng •

Thank you. Straightforward guide ever!

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Suryaa Jha •

This is my go-to article whenever I need to set up a machine with Zsh.
Fantastic article

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a_m_dev •

chsh -s /bin/bash username

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Ivan dos Reis Andrade •

After struggling to have this working on my machines with random guides from the internet... everything is much clearer now.
Very good explanation.

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Listiananda Apriliawan •

Thank you. It works for me.

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Sunday Ezeilo •

What a wonderful post. Thanks to the Author.

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landileite •

Thank You!