How To Customize Your Terminal Prompt

The Bourne-Again shell (bash) is the default shell in Ubuntu. Z shell (Zsh) is an extended bash shell with many improvements.

Install Z shell

`1`	`sudo apt install zsh`

Change default shell

Check your shell:

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echo $0

This should return bash.

Change shell:

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chsh

Enter your password, then at the prompt that says Login Shell [/bin/bash]: enter /bin/zsh

Then restart you computer to enable Zsh.

After your computer restarts, open your terminal and you will see a message from Zsh to create a startup file (e.g. .zshrc). Type 2 to create a .zshrc file.

Confirm that you are in Zsh:

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echo $0

You should see zsh.

Install Oh My Zsh

Go to https://ohmyz.sh/, click the Install oh-my-zsh button, and run the curl command to install Oh My Zsh.

Clone the powerlevel10 theme for Oh My Zsh

Go to https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k?tab=readme-ov-file#oh-my-zsh where you can find this command:

`1`	`git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k`

Copy/paste that git clone command into your terminal’s Home directory.

Install fonts for powerlevel10 theme

Clone this repo to your Home directory:

`1`	`git clone https://github.com/SamuelEarl/my-linux-setup`

Create a .fonts directory in your Home directory and copy/paste the fonts from the my-linux-setup/powerline-fonts directory into the .fonts directory.

Configure fonts for powerlevel10 theme

Open your terminal settings by clicking the menu icon >> Preferences.
Select your profile.
Check the box next to Custom font
Click the font name button and search for MesloLGS NF.
Click Select.
Close the terminal Preferences window.

If the font in your terminal window looks weird, close your terminal and open it again. The font should look normal now.

Update theme setting

Open your .zshrc file and change ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell" to ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k".

Close all terminal windows and open a new terminal window. You should now see the Powerlevel10k configuration wizard in your terminal. Follow the prompts to configure your terminal.

Change Powerlevel10k configs

You can run p10k configure to start the Powerlevel10k configuration wizard again or edit the ~/.p10k.zsh file.

Add Anaconda and conda to Zsh

Run this command to initialize conda:

`1`	`~/anaconda3/bin/conda init zsh`

NOTE: If your anaconda3 directory is located somewhere else, then use that file path.

Restart your zsh shell to enable conda. The init command will change your ~/.zshrc file accordingly, setting your PATH correctly and changing the PS1 to include the current conda environment.

How to get Zsh configs to appear in VS Code terminal

Go to https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest, scroll down to Assets, and find the Meslo.zip file. Click the Meslo.zip link to download the fonts.

Unzip/extract the contents of the Meslo.zip file.

Move the unzipped folder to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/:

`1`	`sudo mv ~/Downloads/Meslo /usr/share/fonts/truetype`

Run this command to scan the font directories and configure fonts for use:

`1`	`sudo fc-cache -vf /usr/share/fonts/`

In VS Code, open File >> Preferences >> Settings and search for terminal.integrated.fontFamily. Set the font name you copied (from the previous step) into the Terminal › Integrated: Font Family field: MesloLGS NF

You can verify this setting in the settings.json file (Preferences >> Profiles >> Settings). You should see a line like this:

`1`	`"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGS NF"`

Make sure that your settings.json file is saved. You will probably have to restart your computer to see the changes in your VS Code terminal.

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62710890/font-issues-while-integrating-zsh-on-visual-studio-code

What do the characters at the end of my prompt mean?

What do characters like !1 at the end of my Powerlevel10k prompt mean?