Are you a Dracula Theme lover? I got you! Have a look at the end result.
This guide goes straight into the commands for tool installation. For those seeking more in-depth insights, I've included direct links to the original websites.
Since macOS Catalina (10.15.2) the default shell is now Zsh instead of Bash; therefore, this guide assumes you are using Zsh already.
1. Homebrew
Homebrew it's a command line tool used for installing apps. It will be needed later for the installation of other tools.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
To enable it, run the following command on the terminal.
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
Apply changes to your system.
source ~/.zprofile
2. iTerm2
iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal, the default terminal that comes installed on Macs.
brew install --cask iterm2
3. Dracula
One of my favourite themes for iTerm2.
Clone the repository or download it manually using the GitHub .zip download option.
git clone https://github.com/dracula/iterm.git
Then follow the steps below:
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iTerm2 > Preferences > Profiles > Colors Tab
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Open the Color Presets... drop-down in the bottom right corner
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Select Import... from the list
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Select the
Dracula.itermcolors
file -
Select the Dracula from Color Presets...
4. Oh My Zsh
Oh-My-Zsh is a framework for managing your Zsh configuration. It will boost your productivity with nice plugins and make your terminal look pretty.
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
5. gdircolors
Homebrew installs GNU coreutils
with a 'g' prefix. The dircolors
, or in this case, gdircolors
are used to set up the colours applied to the ls
command.
brew install coreutils
Clone the repository or download it manually using the GitHub .zip download option.
git clone https://github.com/seebi/dircolors-solarized.git
Create a config directory for dircolors
and move the dircolors.ansi-dark
.
mkdir -p ~/.config/dircolors
cp dircolors-solarized/dircolors.ansi-dark ~/.config/dircolors
Use the dircolors.ansi-dark
color format on gdircolors
and override ls
command to use gls
instead.
echo 'eval "$(gdircolors ~/.config/dircolors/dircolors.ansi-dark)"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'alias ls="gls --color=auto --group-directories-first"' >> ~/.zshrc
Oh-My-Zsh seems to change the colours for auto-completion. Add the following lines to the ~/.zshrc
file.
echo 'zstyle ":completion:*" list-colors "${(@s.:.)LS_COLORS}"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'autoload -Uz compinit' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'compinit' >> ~/.zshrc
Apply changes to your system.
source ~/.zshrc
Powerlevel10k is a theme for Zsh. It emphasizes speed, flexibility and out-of-the-box experience.
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
Then set ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
in ~/.zshrc
, and start a new terminal session.
It suggests commands as you type based on history and completions.
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
Then add the plugin to the list of plugins inside ~/.zshrc
, and start a new terminal session.
plugins=(
# other plugins...
zsh-autosuggestions
)
It provides syntax highlighting, red for invalid and green for valid commands.
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
Then add the plugin to the list of plugins inside ~/.zshrc
, and start a new terminal session.
plugins=(
# other plugins...
zsh-syntax-highlighting
)
9. Tree
It lists the content of directories in a tree-like format.
brew install tree
10. Colorls
A Ruby script that colourizes the ls
output with colour and icons. First install a version manager tool for Ruby with:
brew install rbenv ruby-build
Then to load rbenv automatically, append the following to ~/.zprofile
, and start a new terminal session.
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init - zsh)"' >> ~/.zprofile
Apply changes to your system.
source ~/.zprofile
Install Ruby 3.0.6
, but feel free to install any other as long as version >= 2.6.
rbenv install 3.0.6
Set Ruby 3.0.6
as global to be used in all shells with:
rbenv global 3.0.6
Install the colorls
ruby gem with:
gem install colorls
Note:
colorls
doesn't obey thels
output color format, instead, it uses a fixed theme. The next step will fix it.
11. Dracula Colorls
Clone the repository or download it manually using the GitHub .zip download option.
git clone https://github.com/dracula/colorls.git
Copy the dark_colors.yaml
file to the dark colour scheme location for colorls
.
mkdir -p ~/.config/dircolors
cp colorls/dark_colors.yaml ~/.config/colorls
Finally, add some aliases in ~/.zprofile
-
lc
shows the file view with directories first, followed by files. -
tc
shows a tree view with directories first, followed by files.
echo 'alias lc="colorls --sd --dark"' >> ~/.zprofile
echo 'alias tc="colorls --tree --sd --dark"' >> ~/.zprofile
Apply changes to your system.
source ~/.zprofile