abkEnv - environment on Mac and Windows

Setting up bash or zsh on Mac and PowerShell on Windows

Screenshot of abkEnv on MacOS

MacOS (bash or zsh shell)

After cloning the abkEnv repository, to install execute

./install_abkEnv.sh

MacOS shells supported by abkEnv

• /bin/bash
• /bin/csh
• /bin/ksh
• /bin/sh
• /bin/tcsh
• /bin/zsh

MacOS Prerequisites

tool	description
home brew	brew is a command line tool to install apps and tools on Mac

• to install brew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

MacOS zsh additional tool installations

tool	description
oh-my-zsh	It will be installed automatically in ~/.oh-my-zsh
autosuggestion	zsh plugin will be installed automatically into the ~/.zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
syntax-highlighting	zsh plugin will be installed automatically into the ~/.zsh/custom/plugins/zzsh-syntax-highlighting
Cascadia fonts	Cascadia fonts needed to display power line symbols. It will be installed, but config needs to be done manually

MacOS bash additional tool installations

tool	description
oh-my-bash	It will be installed automatically in ~/.oh-my-bash
abk_pl	powerline custom theme will be installed into custom/themes/abk_pl
history	default config of the the oh-my-bash has a bug it will be corrected in lib/history.sh
Cascadia fonts	Cascadia fonts needed to display power line symbols. It will be installed, but config needs to be done manually

MacOS default shell config:

• to check which shell your terminal is running: echo $SHELL
• if you want to change to bash: chsh -s /bin/bash
• if you want to change to zsh: chsh -s /bin/zsh

MacOS Terminal: powerline 10k configuration (supported only by zsh)

• if you changed to zsh shell for first time, you will be automatically requested to configure powerline 10k
• to customize your powerline 10k prompt, execute: p10k configure
• follow the p10k config steps to your liking
• the p10k configuration is saved in the file: ~/.p10k.zsh
• the p10k is initialization is happening in the ~/.zshrc. You will see p10k line added after executing: p10k configure

MacOS Terminal: custom theme and font configuration

• open terminal app
• Press: ⌘ + , or from Menu: Terminal / Preferences
• select Profile tab
• Click on "..." and select Import
• e.g. select one of the predefined terminal themes from this repo. E.g.: macBin/env/themes/abk_pl.terminal
• set the imported theme as default by clicking on "Default"
• Close terminal with: ⌘ + q and re-open terminal app

MacOS Visual Studio Code: Integrated Terminal font configuration

• open vscode app
• Press: ⌘ + , or from Menu: Code / Preferences / Settings
• search for: "Font Terminal"
• Set for "Terminal > Integrated: Font Family": 'CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font'

MacOS Visual Studio Code: Editor font configuration

• open vscode app
• Press: ⌘ + , or from Menu: Code / Preferences / Settings
• search for: "Editor: Font Family"
• Make sure that for "Editor: Font Family" entry the font 'Cascadia Code PL' is 1st in the list of comma separated font names

Windows 10 (PowerShell)

After cloning the abkEnv repository, to install execute

install_abkEnv.ps1

The installation on Windows has many manual steps, which still needs to be improved. SInce I don't own a Windows PC it is hard to automate it. However when I get a Windows computer, I will make it happen in more automatic way. But for now I would recommend the description of 2 following setup descriptions

• by Christian
• by Scott Hanselmann

Tested working on:

• MacOS
• Windows 10
• Linux Debian
• Linux Ubuntu

🏁