Shell customization on Centos 7.x – ohmyzsh

Step-1: Install and update packages

sudo yum update

sudo yum install zsh git lsof -y

Step-2: Install oh-my-zsh

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

Step-3: Install PowerLevel9k package

cd ~

git clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel9k

Step-4: Installing powerline fonts

cd ~

git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git

cd fonts

./install.sh

Step:5: Making sure to start the zsh shell when logging in

sudo usermod -s /bin/zsh shashi

Step-6: Restart the shell

source ~/.zshrc

[Optional] Step-7: My Custom Powerlevel9k configuration

vi ~/.zshrc

export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

export ZSH=/home/shashi/.oh-my-zsh

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k"

POWERLEVEL9K_MODE='awesome-patched'

POWERLEVEL9K_NODE_VERSION_BACKGROUND='28'

POWERLEVEL9K_NODE_VERSION_FOREGROUND='15'

POWERLEVEL9K_BACKGROUND_JOBS_ICON=''

POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_STAGED_ICON='\u00b1'

POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_UNTRACKED_ICON='\u25CF'

POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_UNSTAGED_ICON='\u00b1'

POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_INCOMING_CHANGES_ICON='\u2193'

POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_OUTGOING_CHANGES_ICON='\u2191'

POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_MODIFIED_BACKGROUND='yellow'

POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_UNTRACKED_BACKGROUND='yellow'

POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_OK_BACKGROUND="black"

POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_OK_FOREGROUND="green"

POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_ERROR_BACKGROUND="black"

POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_ERROR_FOREGROUND="red"

POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT="%D{%H:%M \uE868 %d.%m.%y}"

POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(os_icon root_indicator context dir vcs)

POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(virtualenv nvm pyenv rbenv public_ip time)

POWERLEVEL9K_CHANGESET_HASH_LENGTH=6

POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_STRATEGY="truncate_middle"

POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_DIR_LENGTH=4

POWERLEVEL9K_PROMPT_ON_NEWLINE=false

POWERLEVEL9K_MULTILINE_FIRST_PROMPT_PREFIX=" "

export DEFAULT_USER="$USER"

plugins=(git systemd)

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh