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Welcome to Oh My Zsh!

• You'll need zsh to install Oh My Zsh. Run zsh --version to check if you have it:

  $ zsh --version
  zsh 5.8 (x86_64-ubuntu-linux-gnu)

• If you see command not found you don't have zsh installed. See Installing Zsh for instructions.

• Once you have zsh, you can install Oh My Zsh by simply running one of these commands:

  Method	Command
  curl	sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  wget	sh -c "$(wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  fetch	sh -c "$(fetch -o - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Getting started

Once Oh My Zsh is installed:

• Get a quick summary of the built-in plugins: Plugins Overview.
• Take a look at our Themes and Plugins (read the READMEs first!).
• If you need more, you can look at External themes and External plugins. Take caution, we do not review these.
• Have a look at the Cheatsheet for other Oh My Zsh tricks.

Advanced topics

• Having problems? Check out the FAQ for common problems, or the Troubleshooting page for instructions on how to diagnose the issue.
• Want to change stuff about Oh My Zsh? Learn about Customization.
• If you want to learn more, check out the Resources page for more information.

Community

• Read our user Testimonials.
• Articles Have you written a blog post/article that mentions Oh My Zsh?
• And don't forget to follow us on twitter!

Help out!

• Want to contribute? Check out our Code Style Guide and Design guidelines and start hacking away!
• We need Volunteers. We're improving this section, stay tuned!