---
id: linux
title: Linux
sidebar_label: 🐧 Linux
---

import Tabs from "@theme/Tabs";
import TabItem from "@theme/TabItem";
import Shells from "./install-shells.mdx";
import Customize from "./install-customize.md";
import CustomizeCmd from "./install-customize-cmd.mdx";

### Setup your terminal

Oh My Posh uses ANSI color codes under the hood, these should work in every terminal,
but you may have to set the environment variable `$TERM` to `xterm-256color` for it to work.

### Installation

```bash
sudo wget https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/releases/latest/download/posh-linux-amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/oh-my-posh
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/oh-my-posh
```

#### Download the themes

```bash
mkdir ~/.poshthemes
wget https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/releases/latest/download/themes.zip -O ~/.poshthemes/themes.zip
unzip ~/.poshthemes/themes.zip -d ~/.poshthemes
chmod u+rw ~/.poshthemes/*.json
rm ~/.poshthemes/themes.zip
```

#### Preview the themes

```bash
for file in ~/.poshthemes/*.omp.json; do echo "$file\n"; oh-my-posh --config $file --shell universal; echo "\n"; done;
```

### Replace your existing prompt

The guides below assume you copied the theme called `jandedobbeleer.omp.json` to your user's `$HOME` folder.
When you've downloaded the themes, you can find this one at `~/.poshthemes/jandedobbeleer.omp.json`.

<Shells />

### Customize

<Customize />

<CustomizeCmd />

🎉🎉🎉

[scoop]: https://scoop.sh/
[wt]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal
[iterm2]: https://www.iterm2.com/
[powershell]: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/oh-my-posh
[brew]: https://brew.sh
[configuration]: /docs/config-overview