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By Abhishek Ghosh December 26, 2017 8:02 am Updated on December 26, 2017

Install, Configure ZSH on Windows 10 : Get UNIX Looking Terminal

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Normally we talk how to decorate iTerm2 on Mac with Homebrew, ZSH. In case you lack idea about terminal emulators, read this article on terminal emulator, Terminal.

This guide is on how to install, configure ZSH on Windows 10 to get UNIX looking terminal i.e. like iTerm2 on Mac. Packages, Themes, Plugins, Config Files are essentially the same. You already need working Windows Subsystem for Linux on your system. For that, go to [Settings] > [Update and Security] > [For developers] and change Sideload apps setting to Developer mode. Next, open command prompt and go to OptionalFeatures.exe and enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta). Reboot your computer. After reboot, you need to open command prompt and use bash command. Automatic downloading and installation of Linux Subsystem will start only by accepting some stuffs. We have three Linux distributions in Windows Store to choose from and we will prefer Ubuntu. Ubuntu will have aptitude package management. MacOS X has nothing, that’s why we use HomeBrew. For Linux, it’s GNU Linux version Linux Brew exists. We will not show Linux Brew installation. We will show :

  1. Installation & Tweak of ZSH (actually Oh-My-ZSH)
  2. Installation & Tweak of Hyper Terminal

At end, your Windows 10 may be referred as “Ubuntu Server” for our various guides.

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Install, Configure ZSH on Windows 10 : Get UNIX Looking Terminal

 

Install, Configure ZSH on Windows 10 Get UNIX Looking Terminal

Open your that bash Terminal. Run :

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sudo apt-get install curl
# install git
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
# install zsh
sudo apt-get install zsh
# install oh-my-zsh
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh | bash

I kept needed files on my this GitHub project (you’ll need for config files of this guide).

Find .bashrc from the above repository. Open your .bashrc :

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nano ~/.bashrc

and make like mine. Then reload :

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source ~/.bashrc

Go to official hyper terminal website and download latest version of terminal for Windows :

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https://hyper.is/

After installing Hyper Terminal, open %USERPROFILE%/.hyper.js` config file from Menu > [Edit] > [Preferences…] and replace line:

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shell: '',

with

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shell: 'C:WindowsSystem32bash.exe',

If you run :

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zsh

you’ll switch to ZSH. If you run :

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bash

you’ll switch to bash. For ZSH, install Oh-My-ZSH plugin as example plugin :

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git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
<pre>
 
Run :
 
<pre>nano ~/.zshrc

Make the appropiate line in that file like :

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plugins=(git zsh-syntax-highlighting)

Then reload :

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source ~/.zshrc

In case of Mac, we use iTerm2. On Windows, we are using Hyper Terminal. ZSH has lot of themes :

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https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Themes

ZSH has lot of plugins too. You can use anything to decorate.

Hyper Terminal also has lot of stuffs :

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https://github.com/bnb/awesome-hyper

If you copy my hyper.js from GitHub, you’ll get this :

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https://github.com/equinusocio/hyper-material-theme

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Install, Configure ZSH on Windows 10 : Get UNIX Looking Terminal," in The Customize Windows, December 26, 2017, January 29, 2023, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2017/12/install-configure-zsh-windows-10-get-unix-looking-terminal/.

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