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Offline install of oh-my-zsh on Ubuntu

2022-10-20

  1. Before starting, install git and zsh

sudo apt-get install git-core zsh

  1. Go to the repository and download the zip file

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

  1. Open the zip file and extract to your home folder, and rename to .oh-my-zsh

oh-my-zsh-master -> ~/.oh-my-zsh

  1. Save the file install-oh-my-zsh.sh to your home folder, like ~/install-oh-my-zsh.sh
  2. Give permission to execute 
chmod +x install-oh-my-zsh.sh
  1. Run the script 
./install-oh-my-zsh.sh
  1. Set default sh 
chsh -s `which zsh`
  1. Restart! 
sudo shutdown -r 0

main() {
  # Use colors, but only if connected to a terminal, and that terminal
  # supports them.
  if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      ncolors=$(tput colors)
  fi
  if [ -t 1 ] && [ -n "$ncolors" ] && [ "$ncolors" -ge 8 ]; then
    RED="$(tput setaf 1)"
    GREEN="$(tput setaf 2)"
    YELLOW="$(tput setaf 3)"
    BLUE="$(tput setaf 4)"
    BOLD="$(tput bold)"
    NORMAL="$(tput sgr0)"
  else
    RED=""
    GREEN=""
    YELLOW=""
    BLUE=""
    BOLD=""
    NORMAL=""
  fi

  # Only enable exit-on-error after the non-critical colorization stuff,
  # which may fail on systems lacking tput or terminfo
  set -e

  CHECK_ZSH_INSTALLED=$(grep /zsh$ /etc/shells | wc -l)
  if [ ! $CHECK_ZSH_INSTALLED -ge 1 ]; then
    printf "${YELLOW}Zsh is not installed!${NORMAL} Please install zsh first!\n"
    exit
  fi
  unset CHECK_ZSH_INSTALLED

  if [ ! -n "$ZSH" ]; then
    ZSH=~/.oh-my-zsh
  fi

  # Prevent the cloned repository from having insecure permissions. Failing to do
  # so causes compinit() calls to fail with "command not found: compdef" errors
  # for users with insecure umasks (e.g., "002", allowing group writability). Note
  # that this will be ignored under Cygwin by default, as Windows ACLs take
  # precedence over umasks except for filesystems mounted with option "noacl".
  umask g-w,o-w

  printf "${BLUE}Cloning Oh My Zsh...${NORMAL}\n"
  hash git >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
    echo "Error: git is not installed"
    exit 1
  }
  # The Windows (MSYS) Git is not compatible with normal use on cygwin
  if [ "$OSTYPE" = cygwin ]; then
    if git --version | grep msysgit > /dev/null; then
      echo "Error: Windows/MSYS Git is not supported on Cygwin"
      echo "Error: Make sure the Cygwin git package is installed and is first on the path"
      exit 1
    fi
  fi

  printf "${BLUE}Looking for an existing zsh config...${NORMAL}\n"
  if [ -f ~/.zshrc ] || [ -h ~/.zshrc ]; then
    printf "${YELLOW}Found ~/.zshrc.${NORMAL} ${GREEN}Backing up to ~/.zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh${NORMAL}\n";
    mv ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.pre-oh-my-zsh;
  fi

  printf "${BLUE}Using the Oh My Zsh template file and adding it to ~/.zshrc${NORMAL}\n"
  cp $ZSH/templates/zshrc.zsh-template ~/.zshrc
  sed "/^export ZSH=/ c\\
  export ZSH=$ZSH
  " ~/.zshrc > ~/.zshrc-omztemp
  mv -f ~/.zshrc-omztemp ~/.zshrc

  # If this user's login shell is not already "zsh", attempt to switch.
  TEST_CURRENT_SHELL=$(expr "$SHELL" : '.*/\(.*\)')
  if [ "$TEST_CURRENT_SHELL" != "zsh" ]; then
    # If this platform provides a "chsh" command (not Cygwin), do it, man!
    if hash chsh >/dev/null 2>&1; then
      printf "${BLUE}Time to change your default shell to zsh!${NORMAL}\n"
      chsh -s $(grep /zsh$ /etc/shells | tail -1)
    # Else, suggest the user do so manually.
    else
      printf "I can't change your shell automatically because this system does not have chsh.\n"
      printf "${BLUE}Please manually change your default shell to zsh!${NORMAL}\n"
    fi
  fi

  printf "${GREEN}"
  echo '         __                                     __   '
  echo '  ____  / /_     ____ ___  __  __   ____  _____/ /_  '
  echo ' / __ \/ __ \   / __ `__ \/ / / /  /_  / / ___/ __ \ '
  echo '/ /_/ / / / /  / / / / / / /_/ /    / /_(__  ) / / / '
  echo '\____/_/ /_/  /_/ /_/ /_/\__, /    /___/____/_/ /_/  '
  echo '                        /____/                       ....is now installed!'
  echo ''
  echo ''
  echo 'Please look over the ~/.zshrc file to select plugins, themes, and options.'
  echo ''
  echo 'p.s. Follow us at https://twitter.com/ohmyzsh.'
  echo ''
  echo 'p.p.s. Get stickers and t-shirts at http://shop.planetargon.com.'
  echo ''
  printf "${NORMAL}"
  env zsh
}

main

Source: https://gist.github.com/hewerthomn/65bb351bf950470f6c9e6aba8c0c04f1

— @ntheanh201