How to Customizing iterm2 with ZSH and Powerline Fonts

  1. Download iTerm2 and install it.
  2. Install ZSH with terminal, ex: sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  3. Download Cobalt2 and drop the cobalt2.zsh-theme file in to the open ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/ directory.
  4. Open up your ZSH preferences at open ~/.zshrc and change the theme variable to ZSH_THEME=cobalt2.
  5. Install Powerline and necessary fonts, one way is using PIP.

For first time PIP users you need to install PIP sudo easy_install pip

To install Powerline using pip

pip install --user powerline-status

Now install all necessary fonts by downloading or cloning git repository.

git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts
cd fonts
./install.sh
  1. In iTerm2 access the Preferences pane on the Profiles tab.
  2. Under the Colors tab import the cobalt2.itermcolors file via the Load Presets drop-down.
  3. Under the Text tab change the font for each type (Regular and Non-ASCII) to ‘Inconsolata for Powerline‘. (Refer to the powerline-fonts repo for help on font installation.)
  4. Refresh ZSH by typing source ~/.zshrc on the command line.

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