ZSH: Tailored for Functionality. How to install and start configuration of the Z shell or ZSH.

Installing zsh and creating basic config with main functions and custom prompt in just 5 easy steps:
1) install
2) create .zshrc file and relocate to .config dir
3) build basic config
4) clone a few plugins
5) Call plugins in zshrc
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[@compujohn96]

Always enjoy your vids and I learn something even when I think I have a good handle on the topic. I noticed the sudo -e and I use this often as well...BUT it took me a few years to find this option and it might be a good thing to explain or do a video on. Maybe a video on sudo and sudoers. I would like to see what you dig up.

[@JakeLinux]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the videos. I could do a video on some sudo content.

[@hakouguelfen9187]

this is a very instructive informative video, thanks that's what I was looking for

[@JakeLinux]

Great! I'm glad you found it useful

[@nilz91]

its nice to see actual Linux content instead of the usual and repeatedly done by most (if not 99%) Linux-content creators their so called "Distro" reviews while just looking at preset themes and preinstalled apps and nothing about what the "Distro" actually present to user.

[@JakeLinux]

Thanks, I try to keep the content more useful and less copycat. I am guilty of making a few of those videos but I try not to do it too much. Thanks for watching.

[@AndrewErwin73]

You know... I don't even remember why I switched to zsh! But every system I build, zsh is one of the first thing I install. I have been doing that for 6 or 7 years now. Thanks for the content.

[@JakeLinux]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching. It is a good shell.

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

whatever.. people who get into linux should learn sh / bash but generally my feeling is that its just a generational thing lol.. bash - boomer zsh - millenial fish - gen z

[@eobardthawnemcoc]

​@@Microphunktv-jb3kjno! Fish users r gen alpha... Must be.. gen z r using zsh

[@psun5631]

Informative and nicely done like all your other videos. I've been following this channel for a while now and the content just keeps getting better and better. I have learned a lot of new and cool things from your videos and I'm very thankful for that. I hope you'll keep posting these awesome videos. Are you planning to release your awesome window manager configurations? I'd love to have a look at them. Awesome is my favourite WM so far but configuring in Lua is quite a bit of pain. I don't know if it's helpful but to prevent the right widgets from misaligning, you can put `null` in middle widget of wibar in your rc.lua. That would keep the right widgets in their place. Again, thanks for all your hardwork and effort your put in your videos.❤

[@JakeLinux]

Thanks for the kind words, I will continue putting out content as long as people will watch it. My awesome config is now available in my repos on github and gitlab.

[@StaffyDoo]

I switched to Nushell about half a year ago. I’m quite happy so far and can’t see me going back to Zsh (which indeed is really good).

[@JakeLinux]

What was it that drew you to nushell? What do you like about it?

[@flip4119]

Hey man, longer time viewer. Just wanna say 2 weeks off of uploading is nothing! I'd enjoy uploads/updates from yah every few months. Hope all is well in life, and thanks for the vids!

[@JakeLinux]

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words, I would be comfortable with longer periods between videos if my channel didn't suffer every time I go longer than a week with no uploads. Gotta play the algorithm game with KZbin even though I'm not very good at it, just good enough to keep my channel plugging along, thanks again for the comment, it is a big encouragement.

[@B1ADE99]

LETS GO NEW JAKE

[@MeFreddrick]

Nushell is the hype currently!!

[@JakeLinux]

Yeah, I'm going to take. Look at that eventually

[@TonyShasta]

I love the shame and explaining that takes place when these power users spawn nano. 🤣 I'm kidding. Great video, thank you!

[@JakeLinux]

I got no beef with nano, just don't prefer it.

[@ditchcomfort]

Finally a Zsh video, thank you 👌🏻 However, its better to actually put your files in the ~/.config/zsh directory and put all your XDG_* and ZDOTDIR in .zshenv and make a symlink to your home directory. And nothing more in that file. + you don’t have to use anything in /etc/… and/or perhaps break your shell. Everything else can go in .zprofile like envvar etc. and put things like completion, aliases, functions etc. in .zshrc

[@ditchcomfort]

Anyway. I always learn something amazing from you, even if I am on a Mac (of course 😂) or should I say BTW.

[@JakeLinux]

Hey, thanks for your thoughts, my whole goal is to keep my home dir as uncluttered as possible and not have symlinks pointing all over my filesystem. Setting ZDOTDIR in /etc, I even set my bash dir to ~/.config/bash using /etc/bashrc, has yet to cause me any issues with my shell, not saying that's not a potential issue, it just hasn't bit me yet, I see what you are saying though, there is a potential for breakage.

[@ditchcomfort]

@@JakeLinux 👌🏻

[@zachs7403]

Ty so much

[@JakeLinux]

You're very welcome

[@cholst1]

nushell is where it's at tho ^^

[@elpresidente5699]

based kropotkin enjoyer

[@JakeLinux]

I will check out nushell at some point

[@itsfish8672]

Jake your back, A vid about ZSH cool GVJ. PS would u pls push your debian bashrc to your GITLAB, if you have the time pls sir.

[@JakeLinux]

TY, my.curremt bashrc is in my repos now.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@JakeLinux I use zsh on my terminal. I even wrote my own prompt (based on trapd00r) but for root I keep bash, just to avoid confusions and big mistakes.

[@JakeLinux]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 I'll have to look trapd00r up.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@JakeLinux I'm a fan of linuxonly theme as well. two lines prompts are the shite.

[@RHTORAS]

can you show us openstage and metis linux ?< i am sure people using arch will find these two distros awesome... thanks!

[@JakeLinux]

Will check them out, thanks for the suggestion.

[@YrmiZ]

Thanks for the this awesome video! Do you have your .zshrc and funtions somewhere to share? I get this working with bash when I copy and paste lines from your .bashrc to mine but when I tried to implement those in my .zshrc I always failed somehow :D I use starship prompt because of git stuff but It makes my .zsh bit slow because It loads tons of other stuff that I don't really need.

[@JakeLinux]

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad.ypu.enjoyed the video. I will push my zsh config to my repos tomorrow

[@scottb4029]

I have to apologize , I did not install void on my desktop, I tried and I did have it installed on my hard drive, but could not get wifi working thru wpa_supplicant . My broadcom wifi in my mac mini seems to be very archaic and unsupported. I put in an old 2.4gh wifi dongle, Alpine recognized it immediately. So now I have alpine linux on my 12 year old mac and it is quick once again. Loved the zsh video. I still love bash too.

[@JakeLinux]

Thanks, no worries, gotta use what works for you, glad your Mac is alive and well on alpine

[@saltyowl3229]

Why use sudo over doas? In some cases it makes sense as the functionslity is slightly more advanced, but just running xbps-install?

[@JakeLinux]

I have never even tried doas, will have to give it a shot at some point

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Bash has good scripting capabilities in a single line, while in Zsh, we could not find the same. The output is stored in a temporary file by default in Zsh, while in Bash, it is not. Many built-in features in Bash make complex programs easy, while in Zsh, built-in features for complex programs are less.

[@JakeLinux]

Agreed

[@folksurvival]

I've heard that Bash can also have all of the features of Zsh, or more, by using Blesh.

[@JakeLinux]

@@folksurvival I have installed blesh before and it is interesting, it replaces GNU readline it is an interesting project

[@rahilarious]

what is it that zsh can do what bash cant? Dont need autocompletion (ctrl+r works welll for me) & syntax highlighting

[@JakeLinux]

Bash has better functionality overall in my opinion, but there are a few of the "user experience" capabilities, such as the ones you listed that are important to some, not me, but some people like them.

[@rahilarious]

@@JakeLinux i would like them too in bash by default but it's not worth the effort of installing & configuring zsh on every machine. I better practice & get used to bash's tricks

[@JakeLinux]

@@rahilarious I have a video out on adding some of zsh functionality to bash and I plan on updating that video soon.

[@abdullahbinnur5592]

One thing I wanted to ask you, did you ever consider trying out openSuse on camera? Like, make a video on it or something. Anyways GVJ

[@JakeLinux]

I have, and eventually I will, that is Matt from the Linux cast's wheelhouse right now.

[@abdullahbinnur5592]

​@@JakeLinuxthats great to hear, openSuse TW is a seriously underrated distro

[@catgirlfeetlicker]

omg finally someone that isnt actually explains stuff and doesn't just link his highly customized dotfile repo on github which is completely useless to me. subbed + like

[@JakeLinux]

Thank you, welcome to the channel!

[@tridibbiswas3361]

Thank you for the video. I am trying to set up my zshrc file on my first mac. Wanted to avoid the temptation of oh-my-zsh. Could you direct me to the location of your zshrc files which I want to use as a reference

[@JakeLinux]

I will have to recreate my zsh repo, I stopped maintaining it since I use bash. Will work on that for you.

[@tridibbiswas3361]

@@JakeLinux Thank you very much. Its very kind of you

[@B1ADE99]

Bash bros.

[@JakeLinux]

Bash is best