Shell customization on Centos 7.x – ohmyzsh

Step-1: Install and update packages

sudo yum update
sudo yum install zsh git lsof -y

Step-2: Install oh-my-zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Step-3: Install PowerLevel9k package

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel9k

Step-4: Installing powerline fonts

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git
cd fonts
./install.sh

Step:5: Making sure to start the zsh shell when logging in

sudo usermod -s /bin/zsh shashi

Step-6: Restart the shell

source ~/.zshrc

[Optional] Step-7: My Custom Powerlevel9k configuration

vi ~/.zshrc

export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export ZSH=/home/shashi/.oh-my-zsh

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k"
POWERLEVEL9K_MODE='awesome-patched'
POWERLEVEL9K_NODE_VERSION_BACKGROUND='28'
POWERLEVEL9K_NODE_VERSION_FOREGROUND='15'
POWERLEVEL9K_BACKGROUND_JOBS_ICON=''
POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_STAGED_ICON='u00b1'
POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_UNTRACKED_ICON='u25CF'
POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_UNSTAGED_ICON='u00b1'
POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_INCOMING_CHANGES_ICON='u2193'
POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_OUTGOING_CHANGES_ICON='u2191'
POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_MODIFIED_BACKGROUND='yellow'
POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_UNTRACKED_BACKGROUND='yellow'
POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_OK_BACKGROUND="black"
POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_OK_FOREGROUND="green"
POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_ERROR_BACKGROUND="black"
POWERLEVEL9K_STATUS_ERROR_FOREGROUND="red"
POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT="%D{%H:%M uE868 %d.%m.%y}"
POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(os_icon root_indicator context dir vcs)
POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(virtualenv nvm pyenv rbenv public_ip time)
POWERLEVEL9K_CHANGESET_HASH_LENGTH=6
POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_STRATEGY="truncate_middle"
POWERLEVEL9K_SHORTEN_DIR_LENGTH=4
POWERLEVEL9K_PROMPT_ON_NEWLINE=false
POWERLEVEL9K_MULTILINE_FIRST_PROMPT_PREFIX=" "
export DEFAULT_USER="$USER"

plugins=(git systemd)
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh