Oh-My-Zsh Configuration Guide for MacOs Terminal

Zsh?

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

Oh-my-Zsh configuration turned out to be not so straight-forward with instructions being scattered all over, so I decided to gather it all in one place.

Follow the steps to set up and configure oh-my-zsh in your terminal and customize it by adding additional plugins like docker commands completion, syntax highlighting and zsh-completions.

Also feel free to use my current working .zshrc file for reference and adjust it according to your own needs.

Step 1: Install Zsh

brew install zsh

What is Homebrew?

It is a command-line tool that helps you install open source command line utilities with a one liner.

If you don’t have it installed yet, type the command below in your terminal:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install and set up zsh as default

If necessary, follow these steps to install Zsh:

-Verify installation by running zsh — version. Expected result: zsh 5.1.1 or more recent.

- Make it your default shell: chsh -s zsh

**Note** that this will not work if Zsh is not in your authorized shells list (/etc/shells) or if you don’t have permission to use chsh. If that’s the case you’ll need to use a different procedure.

- Log out and login back again to use your new default shell.

- Test that it worked with echo $SHELL. Expected result: /bin/zsh or similar.

- Test with $SHELL — version. Expected result: ‘zsh 5.1.1’ or similar

Step 2: Install Oh-My-Zsh

In terminal type the following command:

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

Step 3: Configure Oh-My-Zsh

You can configure oh-my-zsh settings just by opening ~/.zshrc in any text editor.