How To Install zsh-syntax-highlighting on CentOS 8

zsh-syntax-highlighting is Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh-syntax-highlighting on CentOS 8.

What is `zsh-syntax-highlighting`

This package provides syntax highlighting for the shell zsh. It enables highlighting of commands whilst they are typed at a zsh prompt into an interactive terminal. This helps in reviewing commands before running them, particularly in catching syntax errors.

We can use yum or dnf to install zsh-syntax-highlighting on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zsh-syntax-highlighting.

Install zsh-syntax-highlighting on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install zsh-syntax-highlighting using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zsh-syntax-highlighting

Install zsh-syntax-highlighting on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install zsh-syntax-highlighting using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zsh-syntax-highlighting

How To Uninstall zsh-syntax-highlighting on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the zsh-syntax-highlighting package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zsh-syntax-highlighting

zsh-syntax-highlighting Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/INSTALL.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/README.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/all.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/changelog.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/brackets.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/cursor.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/line.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/main.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/pattern.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/regexp.md
/usr/share/doc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/root.md
/usr/share/licenses/zsh-syntax-highlighting
/usr/share/licenses/zsh-syntax-highlighting/COPYING.md
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/.revision-hash
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/.version
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/brackets
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/brackets/brackets-highlighter.zsh
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/cursor
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/cursor/cursor-highlighter.zsh
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/line
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/line/line-highlighter.zsh
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/main
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/pattern
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/pattern/pattern-highlighter.zsh
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/regexp
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/regexp/regexp-highlighter.zsh
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/root
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters/root/root-highlighter.zsh
/usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

References

zsh-syntax-highlighting website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh-syntax-highlighting on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.