🚀 Enhance Your Terminal with Oh My Zsh & PowerLevel10k

Developers often use the terminal, but the default look can be boring and lacks visual appeal. Today, we’ll transform our terminal into a beautiful, colorful, and smart environment using Oh My Zsh (OMZ) and PowerLevel10k (P10k).

With this setup, you’ll get:
✅ Aesthetic customization ✨
✅ Command suggestions & syntax highlighting 🖍️
✅ A terminal that remembers your history 🧠

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🛠️ Pre-requisites

• Ubuntu base distro
• Terminal

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📌 Install Zsh

Using APT (Ubuntu/Debian)

sudo apt install zsh

After installation, switch to zsh:

zsh

🔥 Zsh make it default:

echo $SHELL

In case if your default shell is not ZSH, then run the following command to make it default:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

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🔥 Install Curl , git, wget

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl git wget -y

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🔥 Install Oh My Zsh

Run the following command:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

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🎨 Install PowerLevel10k

Using Git

git clone https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k

Now, enable it by updating your ~/.zshrc file:

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

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🚀 Optional: Add Useful Plugins

zsh-syntax-highlighting

Enables command syntax highlighting to help catch errors before running commands.

Using Git

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

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zsh-autosuggestions

Provides command suggestions based on history and completions.

Using Git

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

Now, enable these plugin by updating your ~/.zshrc file:

plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)

Reload configuration using :

source ~/.zshrc

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🎉 Enjoy Your New Terminal!

Now you have a fully customized, powerful, and beautiful terminal! 🚀

📌 Next Steps:
✅ Customize your PowerLevel10k prompt.
✅ Add more Oh My Zsh plugins.
✅ Start coding with an amazing terminal experience!

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💡 Contributions & Issues
If you have suggestions or issues, feel free to open a pull request or issue in this repository!

📌 Happy Coding! 🚀