Terminator With Zsh Setup

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Terminator and ZSH install:

# Install terminator
sudo apt install terminator
# Install ZSH and curl, git (if not already present in the system)
sudo apt install zsh curl git
# Install Oh My Zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
# Install Powerline fonts (could be installed manually as well)
# https://github.com/powerline/fonts
sudo apt install fonts-powerline
# Install autosuggestions and syntax highlighting
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Customize Oh My Zsh:

# Change default ZSH theme
nano ~/.zshrc

Change:

  • ZSH_THEME="agnoster"
  • plugins=(git zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

Terminator fonts customization:

  • open terminator
  • right click => preferences
  • go to Profiles tab
  • then on lower tabs General unmark Use the system fixed width font
  • choose your font

Terminator theme customization:

  • choose your favourite color scheme here:
    • https://github.com/mbadolato/iTerm2-Color-Schemes/tree/master/terminator
  • open terminator config file => .config/terminator/config
  • paste schema under profiles/default
  • restart terminator

Tips (some aliases of the most used commands could be added there):

  • alias updt="sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y"

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