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Zsh Shell Setup

Install Zsh

Section titled “Install Zsh”
Terminal window
yay -S zsh

Run zsh to trigger zsh-newuser-install and configure.

Plugin Manager (Antidote)

Section titled “Plugin Manager (Antidote)”
Terminal window
yay -S zsh-antidote

Add plugins to ~/.zsh_plugins.txt.

Starship Prompt

Section titled “Starship Prompt”

Install

Section titled “Install”
Terminal window
yay -S starship

Add to end of ~/.zshrc:

Terminal window
eval "$(starship init zsh)"

Configure with Nerd Font Preset

Section titled “Configure with Nerd Font Preset”
Terminal window
starship preset nerd-font-symbols -o ~/.config/starship.toml

Install Nerd Font

Section titled “Install Nerd Font”
Terminal window
yay -S ttf-noto-nerd

In Plasma Settings → Fonts, set fixed-width font to NotoSansM Nerd Font Mono.

Konsole Configuration

Section titled “Konsole Configuration”
  1. Create new profile named vamsi, set as default
  2. Set Command to /bin/zsh
  3. In Appearance, search for Nordic Konsole theme

Alacritty

Section titled “Alacritty”

Config files go in:

  • ~/.alacritty.toml
  • ~/.config/alacritty/nord.toml

Environment Variables

Section titled “Environment Variables”

Set environment variables using a file in ~/.config/environment.d/abc.conf, where abc.conf can be any name. You can use multiple files. Each file should contain VAR=VALUE with one variable per line.