oh my zsh configuration tutorial under Ubuntu

oh my zsh is a very good configuration framework based on zsh, it can simplify a lot of daily operations of Linux end users. Moreover, its interface is very nice compared to the original bash. This article describes how to install and configure oh my zsh and its common plugins under Ubuntu.

oh my zsh Installation and Basic Configuration

Before installing oh my zsh, you need to install git, curl and zsh by running the following commands.

% sudo apt install git curl zsh

After installing the dependent items, you can directly execute the following commands to install them with one click:

% sh-c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Set zsh as the default shell:

% chsh

Follow the prompts step by step and type /bin/zsh.

Common Plugin Installation

Configuring oh my zsh by itself is not enough, you may need the following commonly used plugins to really achieve the goal of simplifying operations.

  • z Historical directory management
  • zsh-autosuggestions command prompt
  • zsh-syntax-highlighting highlighting
  • sudo When you forget to add the sudo prefix
  • extract Extracts almost all installers in one command

z

No need to install additional packages, just fill them out in the plugins.

zsh-autosuggestions

Execute the following command first, and then fill in the plugins.

% git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ {ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

zsh-syntax-highlighting

Execute the following command first and then fill in the plugins.

% git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ {ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

sudo

No additional installation is needed, just fill in the plugins.

extract

No additional installation is needed, just fill in the plugins directly.

Setting up proxies

We can enable the switchable proxy functionality by adding the following configuration to .zshrc:

proxy() {
    export https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1234
    export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1234
    export all_proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:1234
}

unproxy() {
    unset https_proxy
    unset http_proxy
    export all_proxy
}

You can change 1234 to any port you want.

Refreshing the Configuration

Execute the following command to refresh the configuration.

% source ~/.zshrc