Zsh Installation Guide

March 16, 2026 Linux Shell

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Zsh (Z Shell) is a powerful shell with many improvements over bash, including better completion, globbing, and plugin support.

Installation

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y zsh curl wget git

sudo dnf install -y zsh curl wget git

sudo pacman -S zsh

chsh -s $(which zsh)

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

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

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

Edit ~/.zshrc:

plugins=(git docker kubectl zsh-autosuggestions z-syntax-highlighting)

Add to ~/.zshrc:

alias ll='ls -lah'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../..'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'

zsh --version
echo $SHELL