Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 7. Shells

ZSH-4.2.5

Introduction to ZSH

The ZSH package contains a command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Of the standard shells, ZSH most closely resembles KSH but includes many enhancements.

Package Information

ZSH Dependencies

Optional

PCRE-6.1

Installation of ZSH

Install ZSH by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
make install.info

Configuring ZSH

Config Files

There are a whole host of configuration files for ZSH including /etc/zshenv, /etc/zprofile, /etc/zshrc, /etc/zlogin, and /etc/zlogout. You can find more information on these in the zsh(1) and related man pages.

Configuration Information

Update /etc/shells to include the ZSH shell program names (as the root user): 

cat >> /etc/shells << "EOF"
/usr/bin/zsh
/usr/bin/zsh-4.2.5
EOF

Contents

Installed Programs: zsh and zsh-4.2.5
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/zsh and /usr/share/zsh

Short Description

zsh

is a shell which has command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and a host of other features.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600