How To Install zgen on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 390 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zgen on Ubuntu.
What is zgen
zgen is:
zgen is a lightweight plugin manager for ZSH inspired by Antigen. The goal is to have a minimal overhead when starting up the shell because nobody likes waiting. The script generates a static init.zsh file which does nothing but sources your plugins and appends them to fpath. The downside is that you have to refresh the init script manually with zgen reset whenever you update your ~/.zshrc.
There are three methods to install zgen on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zgen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zgen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zgen
Install zgen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zgen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zgen
Install zgen Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install zgen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zgen
How To Uninstall zgen on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zgen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zgen
Uninstall zgen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zgen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zgen
Remove zgen Configurations and Data
To remove zgen configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zgen
Remove zgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zgen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zgen
Dependencies
zgen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zgen package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.