Terminal customization
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ZSH or Z Shell comes with many useful pre-configurations and features. You default shell is most likely bash. To install ZSH simply run the install command
Check if ZSH was successfully installed by checking its version
Change your shell from your default to ZSH. Make sure to relog for it to take effect. On your first login with ZSH you'll be presented with few options, choose the full config option by pressing 2
Double check if your current shell is in fact ZSH
Oh My ZSH comes with even more features and provides countless plugins and themes for your terminal. To install it simply run the install command
To change your terminal theme to agnoster you'll have to edit the .zshrc config. Find ZSH_THEME and change it to agnoster
To change the looks of agnoster theme simply edit theme file
To change color of current directory background simply change yellow to whatever color you want.
Here's an example of how yellow color looks like:
Oh My ZSH already comes with agnoster theme pre-installed, however you'll need to install a patched powerline font on to your system and configure your terminal to use it. Patched fonts provide icons and nice formatting for your terminal.
