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This plugin can be installed simply by putting the various files in a directory together and by sourcing zsh-z.plugin.zsh in your .zshrc:

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Installing ZSH

Additionally, Zsh should be set as your default shell. Please run echo $SHELL from a new terminal to confirm. ... With the package manager of your choice, e.g. sudo apt install zsh (see below for more examples)

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You can install this via the command-line with either curl or wget. ... Not ready to jump right in? We're not offended; it's never a bad idea to read the documentation first. Psst… Oh My Zsh works best on macOS or Linux.

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How to Install Z Shell(zsh) on Linux? - GeeksforGeeks

July 12, 2025 - sudo apt-get install zsh -y Step 3: Now we have to make the zsh as our default shell using the following command: chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh Note: You will need to enter your password for the user after running the command.

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June 15, 2025 - The installer will download the loader and add the snippet below to the .zshrc file. if [[ -r "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/zi/init.zsh" ]]; then

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September 26, 2025 - Pure Zsh, No External Dependencies: Unlike rupa/z, which relies on awk, sed, sort, and other tools, Zsh-z uses only Zsh built-ins. This means faster performance, especially on Windows subsystems like WSL, Cygwin, and MSYS2, where it’s often over 100% faster. Rock-Solid Stability: A custom file-locking mechanism prevents race conditions and database corruption, a common pain point in rupa/z. Developer-Friendly: Lightweight, open-source, and easy to install via Oh My Zsh, Zinit, or manually.

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Installing the Z Shell (zsh) on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows · GitHub

See List of Linux distributions – Wikipedia for a list. Most Linux systems – including Ubuntu – are Debian-based. Open a terminal window. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return.

Ask Ubuntu

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command line - How do I install "z" script? - Ask Ubuntu

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In the z readme, after line 50, it says:

Installation:

Put something like this in your $HOME/.bashrc or $HOME/.zshrc:
. /path/to/z.sh
cd around for a while to build up the db.

You need to download the z.sh file to a directory of your choosing, then tell your .bashrc where it is, so your terminal can find it. (The same applies for z-shell, which is just another shell system.) Then, after you use bash for a while, z will know your favorite locations.

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You can download and add to *rc files using command line as so

# Download to latest to home dir
wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rupa/z/master/z.sh" -O "~/z.sh"

# Add to .bashrc
echo "source /path/to/z.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
# Add to .zshrc
echo "source /path/to/z.sh" >> ~/.zshrc

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zsh-z/zsh-z.plugin.zsh at master · agkozak/zsh-z

# Zsh-z maintains a jump-list of the directories you actually use. # # INSTALL: # * put something like this in your .zshrc: # source /path/to/zsh-z.plugin.zsh · # * cd around for a while to build up the database · # # USAGE: # * z foo cd to the most frecent directory matching foo ·

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February 6, 2025 - Install Zsh on Ubuntu by typing the command below: ... APT lists the packages included in Z Shell's installation and then sets up Zsh.

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How to Do a Zsh Install on Any Linux Distro

March 25, 2026 - You need to copy or migrate your aliases from ~/.bashrc into ~/.zshrc. Zsh syntax is mostly compatible with Bash, though minor differences may require small adjustments. ... Fedora doesn’t include chsh by default. Use lchsh instead, or install the util-linux-user package to get chsh and then proceed as normal.

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Zsh · macOS Setup Guide

The installation script should set zsh to your default shell, but if it doesn't you can do it manually:

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How to Install Z Shell (Zsh) and Oh My Zsh on Linux

January 1, 2023 - Here's how you can install Z shell and Oh My Zsh on your Linux machine.

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October 15, 2025 - 2. Once installed, you can verify the installation with the following command. This command will show the currently installed version of zsh. ... 3. To make zsh the default shell on your Linux system, use the following command. Enter the root password when prompted. ... 4. To use z shell, reboot your system.

HowtoForge

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How to Setup ZSH and Oh-my-zsh on Linux

After the installation is complete, change the default shell of the root user to zsh with the chsh command below. ... Now logout from the root user, log in again, and you will get the zsh shell. Check the current shell used with the command below. ... The output should be zsh. Here's the result on Ubuntu. And here's the result on CentOS. The Z shell zsh has been installed.

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Installing and Using Zsh on Linux: A Comprehensive Guide — linuxvox.com

Plugin Support: Zsh has a vibrant plugin ecosystem that allows you to add additional functionality. On Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, you can use the apt package manager to install Zsh:

Stack Overflow

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Why plugin z of zsh is not active inside the .zshrc? - Stack Overflow

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In your .zshrc you have the following two lines:

plugins=(z zsh-autosuggestions)
plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions)

The second line remove the z plugin. You should have only one line with:

plugins=(z zsh-autosuggestions)

According to the ZSH-z plugin Github homepage:

ZSH-z is a command line tool that allows you to jump quickly to directories that you have visited frequently in the past, or recently -- but most often a combination of the two (a concept known as "frecency"). It works by keeping track of when you go to directories and how much time you spend in them. It is then in the position to guess where you want to go when you type a partial string, e.g. z src might take you to ~/src/zsh.

Linux Handbook

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Install the Awesome Zsh and Make it the Default Shell

February 21, 2024 - This tutorial will give you a short introduction to Zsh, steps to install Zsh and make it a default shell whenever you login to terminal. Z Shell (zsh in short), is a shell just like bash.

reddit.com › r/zsh › introducing zsh-z

r/zsh on Reddit: Introducing ZSH-z

December 13, 2018 -

I've used z.sh both in bash and in ZSH for years now to jump quickly from directory to directory. That script relies heavily on awk, and it struck me that the same job could be done in ZSH without awk -- or date, sort, or sed, for that matter.

I'd like to introduce ZSH-z, a native ZSH port of z.sh. It's quite a bit faster than its original, as it avoids unnecessary subshells, and the only external commands it still uses are mv and rm. The speed increase can be felt particularly on Windows (MSYS2/Cygwin/WSL), which has problems with forking.

I've also introduced little fixes, and one new feature which is now on by default: completion menus are populated according to how often you go to directories and how recently you've been to them ("frecency"), whereas in the original the menu is simply sorted alphabetically. The original behavior is still there if you set ZSHZ_COMPLETION=legacy.

https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z