How to install -------------- ### Using packages * Arch Linux: [community/zsh-syntax-highlighting][arch-package] / [AUR/zsh-syntax-highlighting-git][AUR-package] * Debian: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package [in `stretch`][debian-package] (or in [OBS repository][obs-repository]) * Fedora: [zsh-syntax-highlighting package][fedora-package-alt] in Fedora 24+ (or in [OBS repository][obs-repository]) * FreeBSD: `pkg install zsh-syntax-highlighting` (port name: [`textproc/zsh-syntax-highlighting`][freebsd-port]) * Gentoo: [mv overlay][gentoo-overlay] * Mac OS X / Homebrew: [brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting][brew-package] * Ubuntu: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package [in Xenial][ubuntu-package] (or in [OBS repository][obs-repository]) * RHEL / CentOS / Scientific Linux: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package in [OBS repository][obs-repository] * openSUSE / SLE: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package in [OBS repository][obs-repository] * Void Linux: `zsh-syntax-highlighting package` [in XBPS][void-package] [arch-package]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/zsh-syntax-highlighting [AUR-package]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zsh-syntax-highlighting-git [debian-package]: https://packages.debian.org/zsh-syntax-highlighting [freebsd-port]: http://www.freshports.org/textproc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/ [gentoo-overlay]: http://gpo.zugaina.org/app-shells/zsh-syntax-highlighting [brew-package]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/zsh-syntax-highlighting.rb [ubuntu-package]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsh-syntax-highlighting [fedora-package]: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/zsh-syntax-highlighting [fedora-package-alt]: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=zsh-syntax-highlighting [obs-repository]: https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=shells%3Azsh-users%3Azsh-syntax-highlighting&package=zsh-syntax-highlighting [void-package]: https://github.com/voidlinux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/zsh-syntax-highlighting See also [repology's cross-distro index](https://repology.org/metapackage/zsh-syntax-highlighting/versions) ### In your ~/.zshrc Simply clone this repository and source the script: git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git echo "source ${(q-)PWD}/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc Then, enable syntax highlighting in the current interactive shell: source ./zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh If `git` is not installed, download and extract a snapshot of the latest development tree from: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/archive/master.tar.gz Note the `source` command must be **at the end** of `~/.zshrc`. ### With a plugin manager Note that `zsh-syntax-highlighting` must be the last plugin sourced. The zsh-syntax-highlighting authors recommend manual installation over the use of a framework or plugin manager. This list is incomplete as there are too many [frameworks / plugin managers][framework-list] to list them all here. [framework-list]: https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins#frameworks #### [Antigen](https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen) Add `antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting` as the last bundle in your `.zshrc`. #### [Oh-my-zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) 1. Clone this repository in oh-my-zsh's plugins directory: % git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting 2. Activate the plugin in `~/.zshrc`: plugins=( [plugins...] zsh-syntax-highlighting) 3. Source `~/.zshrc` to take changes into account: % source ~/.zshrc #### [Prezto](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto) Zsh-syntax-highlighting is included with Prezto. See the [Prezto documentation][prezto-docs] to enable and configure highlighters. [prezto-docs]: https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto/tree/master/modules/syntax-highlighting #### [zgen](https://github.com/tarjoilija/zgen) Add `zgen load zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting` to the end of your `.zshrc`. #### [zplug](https://github.com/zplug/zplug) Add `zplug "zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting", defer:2` to your `.zshrc`. #### [zplugin](https://github.com/psprint/zplugin) Add `zplugin load zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting` to the end of your `.zshrc`. ### System-wide installation Any of the above methods is suitable for a single-user installation, which requires no special privileges. If, however, you desire to install zsh-syntax-highlighting system-wide, you may do so by running make install and directing your users to add source /usr/local/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh to their `.zshrc`s.