Install oh-my-zsh on Ubuntu

I am not terminal fanatic. But i like working on it. On linux i use my default terminal app with a shell framework named “Oh My ZSH”. Its a bautifull framework with lots of useful staffs. In this post i will tell you, how to install Oh my ZSH and and Install Solarized theme on it. Lets move on.

oh-my-zsh is an expanded version of ZSH, which is provided from Ubuntu software center. So we will first install ZSH first. Enter the following commands as i mention

sudo apt-get install zsh

Now install oh-my-zsh

wget https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O – | zsh

Thats it. oh-my-zsh has been successfully installed into your. To use oh-my-zsh now, restart your terminal. And then type,

zsh

After providing the command you will see your terminal like this.

Ok. oh-my-zsh has been successfulli installed. To make it your default shell enter following command:

chsh -s `which zsh`

May be you have noticed that, i am using solarized color scheme on my termminal. How can we get that. Its very simple. If you have Git installed run,

git clone https://github.com/sigurdga/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized.git

Otherwise go to this repo by Sigurd Gartmann. And download the files. Now extract the zip file and you will find two solarize color scheme. I will use the dark scheme. So, run into terminal set_dark.sh.

Thats it. You have successfully configured your terminal with solarized color scheme. There are plenty of zsh theme available online. You will find them here. That’s all folks.