4/22/2019

Install Hyperterminal In Windows 10

Normally we talk how to decorate iTerm2 on Mac with Homebrew, ZSH. In case you lack idea about terminal emulators, read this article on terminal emulator, Terminal.

This guide is on how to install, configure ZSH on Windows 10 to get UNIX looking terminal i.e. like iTerm2 on Mac. Packages, Themes, Plugins, Config Files are essentially the same. You already need working Windows Subsystem for Linux on your system. For that, go to [Settings] > [Update and Security] > [For developers] and change Sideload apps setting to Developer mode. Next, open command prompt and go to OptionalFeatures.exe and enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta). Reboot your computer. After reboot, you need to open command prompt and use bash command. Automatic downloading and installation of Linux Subsystem will start only by accepting some stuffs. We have three Linux distributions in Windows Store to choose from and we will prefer Ubuntu. Ubuntu will have aptitude package management. MacOS X has nothing, that’s why we use HomeBrew. For Linux, it’s GNU Linux version Linux Brew exists. We will not show Linux Brew installation. We will show :

  1. Installation & Tweak of ZSH (actually Oh-My-ZSH)
  2. Installation & Tweak of Hyper Terminal

At end, your Windows 10 may be referred as “Ubuntu Server” for our various guides.

Install, Configure ZSH on Windows 10 : Get UNIX Looking Terminal

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Open your that bash Terminal. Cadbury shortbread biscuits. Download game pc hienzo. Run :

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git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git${zsh_custom:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

make the appropiate line in that file like :

then reload :

in case of mac, we use iterm2. on windows, we are using hyper terminal. zsh has lot of themes :