Zsh

This script shows how to install and config zsh, oh-my-zsh and PowerLevel10k on Ubuntu.

"Oh My Zsh" is a framework for configuring "zsh". "PowerLevel10k" is a popular theme for "Oh My Zsh".

zsh

First download zsh by

sudo apt update
sudo apt install zsh

Then set zsh to your default shell:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

And restart your computer.

Oh My Zsh

https://ohmyz.sh/

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

PowerLevel10k

https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

Prepare font

Nerd Fonts is needed for full choice of style options.

Specifically, the font family MesloLGS NF is needed. Please download Meslo.tar.xz from the latest releases, unzip and install MesloLGSNerdFont-{Regular, Italic, Bold, BoldItalic}.ttf.

Download and config

Download by

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Then run vim .zshrc under /home/username/ and change theme by ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k".

Source the file by

source ~/.zshrc

Then the theme configurator for powerlevel10k should be automatically started.

You can also run the configurator manually by running

p10k configure

or you can use this to re-configure powerlevel10k theme.