zsh-installation

Zsh installation on ubuntu/mac-osx with agnoster theme

Install Zsh

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install zsh

Mac OSX

brew install zsh

Install Oh-my-zsh

Note: Git should be pre-installed for following commands.

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)" 

Make ZSH default shell

chsh -s /bin/zsh
# OR
sudo chsh -s $(which zsh) $(whoami) # useful when logged in with a user having no password

Change theme name in ~/.zshrc

ZSH_THEME="agnoster"

System wide powerline font installation

Ubuntu

wget https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline/raw/develop/font/PowerlineSymbols.otf https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline/raw/develop/font/10-powerline-symbols.conf
sudo mv PowerlineSymbols.otf /usr/share/fonts/
sudo fc-cache -vf
sudo mv 10-powerline-symbols.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/

Mac OSX

1. Download powerline font from here
2. Unzip it. Go to fonts-master/UbuntuMono/ and install each of the four TTFs: simply double-click and let Font Book install them for you.
3. Open Terminal, then navigate to Terminal Preferences > Profiles > Font and click the Change button.
4. Select Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline and set the font size to your liking.

Reload .zshrc to see changes

source ~/.zshrc

If above command doesn't work then logout and login again.

VSCode integrated terminal font issues:

If you are using Ubuntu then add following settings to vscode

{
    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "'Ubuntu Mono', 'PowerlineSymbols'", // "'Ubuntu Mono derivative Powerline'" for mac osx
    "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.osx": "zsh",
    "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 16
}

You can refer to: oh-my-fish/theme-bobthefish#125