Terminal Setup ( Ubuntu )

Apparatus

• shell - Fish - https://fishshell.com/
  • config_file - config.fish
• fonts - Nerd Fonts - git@github.com:ryanoasis/nerd-fonts.git
• prompt - Starship - https://starship.rs/
  • config_file - starship.toml

Reciepe

1. Install initial dependencies

sudo apt-get install -y cowsay fortune fortunes-min

2. Install & setup fish shell ( Remove default greeting )

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-3
sudo apt update
sudo apt install fish
echo /usr/local/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/fish
set -U fish_greeting

2. Install Nerd Fonts

For WSL2( Windows 11 ) fonts needs to be installed on Windows for icons and font to be displayed properly on terminal. This covers installation for Ubuntu.

git clone --depth 1 git@github.com:ryanoasis/nerd-fonts.git
cd nerd-fonts
bash ./install.sh

3. Install Startship

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh