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Although the Raspbian OS provides users with a nice GUI, I still prefer using shell to complete most of my tasks. However, the built in terminal, based on bash, is a little bit boring and ugly. So I decide to use oh-my-zsh to make it look cool and fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, you have to install zsh to replace bash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt-get install zsh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
 Then set zsh as default shell <\/p>\n\n\n\n
chsh -s \/bin\/zsh <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
But by now, the shell terminal still looks not cool. Let’s use oh-my-zsh to prettify it. Firstly, install it from GitHub through wget<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sh -c \"$(wget https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/robbyrussell\/oh-my-zsh\/master\/tools\/install.sh -O -)\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Now restart the terminal you’ll see something different, something much cooler than the original bash shell. You can also switch to other themes according to the official zsh instructions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for me, I’m using the “Agnoster” theme so I can see Git Status. And this is not enough. Let’s make the zsh shell more developer friendly with auto-suggestion and syntax highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Firstly, install the plugins under zsh plugin folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
git clone git:\/\/github.com\/zsh-users\/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM\/plugins\/zsh-autosuggestions<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
git clone https:\/\/github.com\/zsh-users\/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~\/.oh-my-zsh\/custom}\/plugins\/zsh-syntax-highlighting\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Then add it into your .zshrc file<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vim ~\/.zshrc\nplugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions autojump zsh-syntax-highlighting)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Now restart the terminal and enjoy coding with shell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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