ZSH with Powerlevel10k
TL;DR
My terminal now looks something like this across all of my devices. Thanks to zsh, ohmyzsh and p10k projects!
Standard directory view
Standard git directory and virtualenv
Some years ago I had tested the zsh terminal and the Powerlevel10K theme to go with it, but for reasons unknown I did not use it actively. In recent times, my time within the terminal has increased, hence it was time to make the terminal look a little prettier than the standard bash terminal.
Installation script
The script below installs the zsh terminal and installs the powerlevel10K theme. We also need to install the ohmyzsh project. Finally, the zsh terminal is set as the default terminal. This last part requires sudo permissions/authentication and cannot be completed unattended.
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#!/bin/bash
sudo apt install zsh
cd
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/powerlevel10k
echo 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >>~/.zshrc
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
chsh -s /bin/zsh
p10k configure can then be used to configure the terminal as one pleases. This runs the configuration wizard.
Plugins used in .zshrc are independent of the options chosen in the p10k configure. For example, I needed the auto suggestions in ohmyzsh, python environment and pip zsh plugins. Installing plugins is a simple as setting the following line in the .zshrc file. Here is a list of available plugins from ohmyzsh project.
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.zshrc
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plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting pipenv pip)
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Customized p10K configure
My p10k options are: awesome-fontconfig, large icons, rainbow, unicode, 24h time, blurred heads, blurred tails, 2 lines, solid, full frame, light-ornaments, sparse, many icons, fluent, instant_prompt=verbose.
In the last step of the configuration wizard, the
.zshrcfile is updated with the selected options. Remember that the.zshrcand.p10k.zshfiles are overwritten by default. So backup them before runningp10K configure.