How To Install zsh on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh on CentOS 7. zsh is Powerful interactive shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh on CentOS 7.

What is zsh

The zsh shell is a command interpreter usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Zsh resembles the ksh shell (the Korn shell), but includes many enhancements. Zsh supports command line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and more.

We can use yum or dnf to install zsh on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zsh.

Install zsh on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install zsh

Install zsh on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install zsh

How To Uninstall zsh on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove zsh

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.