Install ZSH with Homebrew
Just a short node confirming how easy it actually is to get started with zsh using Homebrew.
Installing zsh with Homebrew
greys@maverick:/ $ brew install zsh Updating Homebrew... ==> Auto-updated Homebrew! Updated Homebrew from c95cf90e3 to db58b9f41. Updated 3 taps (homebrew/core, homebrew/cask and wpengine/wpe-cli). ==> New Formulae drone-cli ==> Updated Formulae ... ==> Installing dependencies for zsh: pcre ==> Installing zsh dependency: pcre ==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/pcre-8.43.mojave.bottle.tar.gz ==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/08/08e7414a7641d1e184c936537ff67f72f52649374d2308b896d4146ccc2c08fe?__gda__=exp=1560264796~hmac=d89c79738040ebb4fb84ec74ee6a7961d6d44ae87b2c5a61c2eb88b97ed8318c&response-content-disposition=attachment%3Bfilename%3D%22pcre-8.43.mojave.bottle.tar.gz%22&response-content-ty ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Pouring pcre-8.43.mojave.bottle.tar.gz 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/pcre/8.43: 204 files, 5.5MB ==> Installing zsh ==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/zsh-5.7.1.mojave.bottle.tar.gz ==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/79/793d87f67e64a5e01dfdea890af218e4779a2df514d395b956e464129af16fd7?__gda__=exp=1560264800~hmac=fa482a60a61d2d782e0d7fda208ca76b9cf273f50c1c4b70cebf579b91938b44&response-content-disposition=attachment%3Bfilename%3D%22zsh-5.7.1.mojave.bottle.tar.gz%22&response-content-ty ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Pouring zsh-5.7.1.mojave.bottle.tar.gz 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/zsh/5.7.1: 1,515 files, 13.3MB
Now let’s check the version:
greys@maverick:/ $ zsh --version zsh 5.7.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0) greys@maverick:/ $ which zsh /usr/local/bin/zsh greys@maverick:/ $ ls -ald /usr/local/bin/zsh lrwxr-xr-x 1 greys admin 27 11 Jun 15:41 /usr/local/bin/zsh -> ../Cellar/zsh/5.7.1/bin/zsh
Next step will be to install Oh My ZSH!