Installing ZSH - rorywwalsh/oh-my-zsh GitHub Wiki

Zsh?

Oh-My-Zsh is a framework for Zsh, the Z shell.

• In order for Oh-My-Zsh to work, Zsh must be installed (v4.3.9 or more recent).
  • Please run zsh --version to confirm.
• Additionally, Zsh should be set as your default shell.
  • Please run echo $SHELL from a new terminal to confirm.

Installing Zsh

If you need to, follow the following step to make it work:

1. Install Zsh

• with your package manager of choice (ie: sudo apt-get install zsh)
• from source, following instructions from the Zsh FAQ

2. Make sure it installed by running zsh --version
3. Make it your default shell: chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

• Note that this will not work if Zsh is not in your authorized shells list (/etc/shells)

4. Re-open all terminals and make sure it worked by running echo $SHELL