Themes do not work on "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows"

[JakeCooper]

It is still in beta, so it's understandable that things aren't 100% compatible yet. However, it would be awesome if there was support for this.

[brianjking]

@JakeCooper Themes do work, I've used Agnoster as well as PowerLevel 9K. What errors are you seeing?

[giacomoalonzi]

@brianjking when I activate theme Agonoster is showed like this: http://i.imgur.com/ORhvQz1.png
is the same with other themes, any help?

[brianjking]

@giacomoalonzi @JakeCooper Likely need to install Powerline fonts. See my posts here.

[JakeCooper]

@giacomoalonzi Yea that's a powerline font issue. My issue is that zsh simply looks like the normal terminal, except with a blue highlight on the location portion.

[CosimoZi]

I have this problem too. Looking forward to solutions.

[brianjking]

Have you tried using ConEmu?

[auscompgeek]

@JakeCooper You're not using an oh-my-zsh theme then. Are you sure you have oh-my-zsh installed and set up correctly?

[santoshbs]

Can one change the theme of icons and fonts of pcmanfm that opens in vcxsrv?

[karanrajpal14]

@JakeCooper did you find a fix for the issue? I'm facing it now and I can't seem to find anything.

[vstrides]

I just installed Powerline Fonts from here in Windows not on bash file system, everything works fine, I've tried few themes not all of them but the ones I tried worked fine.

[phun-ky]

Anyone got a fix on this? I've got the powerline font and oh-my-szh installed with agnoster theme activated, but I get this:

[priesteye]

@phun-ky how did you do it, i mean the steps

[krnlde]

@dekubi:

1. Install Linux Subsystem for Windows
2. Install Ubuntu from Store
3. Install oh-my-zsh
4. Install Agnoster Theme
5. Restart console
6. See the above result

[angryyogurt]

Same problem, anyone got a fix？

[yakzan]

ConEmu is definitely the way to go for now, looks much better than Windows bash. Detailed instructions here: ConEmu with Windows Bash

[coffeepy]

This worked for me

1. Install Menlo for Powerline and set it as your font for the Ubuntu Sub System
2. Right Click Ubuntu Terminal Window
3. Click Properties
4. Click the Font Tab
5. Set Font to Menlo for PowerLine
6. Click Ok
7. Restart the Ubuntu App

Credit where its due

[showsaitoh]

I have same problem too.
VSCode integrated terminal, or ConEmu is the solution 😁

[cpereiraweb]

This worked for me

1. Install Menlo for Powerline and set it as your font for the Ubuntu Sub System
2. Right Click Ubuntu Terminal Window
3. Click Properties
4. Click the Font Tab
5. Set Font to Menlo for PowerLine
6. Click Ok
7. Restart the Ubuntu App

Credit where its due

Thank you! It worked perfectly for me!

[aravindaytha12]

@brianjking when I activate theme Agonoster is showed like this: http://i.imgur.com/ORhvQz1.png
is the same with other themes, any help?

Hi,

1. I am facing the same issue, can please let me know if you find the solution
   I have installed Powerline fonts in my winwos admin powershell also, but still facing this "?" issue

2. My theme is default
   "robbyrussell"

3. My default is "Consolas" in WSL terminal
   I have changed this to "DejaVys Sans mono for Poweline" then its working
   May I know is there any other solution for this "?" symbol issue

[yanpaingkyaw]

This worked for me

1. Install Menlo for Powerline and set it as your font for the Ubuntu Sub System
2. Right Click Ubuntu Terminal Window
3. Click Properties
4. Click the Font Tab
5. Set Font to Menlo for PowerLine
6. Click Ok
7. Restart the Ubuntu App

Credit where its due

Thank you! It worked perfectly for me!

It is work for me. Thanks.