How To Install zplug on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zplug on Ubuntu.
What is zplug
zplug is:
zplug is a next-generation plugin manager for zsh, with the following features:
- Can manage everything
- Zsh plugins/UNIX commands on GitHub and Bitbucket
- Gist files (gist.github.com)
- Externally managed plugins e.g., oh-my-zsh plugins/themes
- Binary artifacts on GitHub Releases
- Local plugins
- etc. (you can add your own sources!)
- Super-fast parallel installation/update
- Support for lazy-loading
- Branch/tag/commit support
- Post-update, post-load hooks
- Dependencies between packages
- Unlike antigen, no ZSH plugin file (*.plugin.zsh) required
- Interactive interface (fzf, peco, zaw, and so on)
- Cache mechanism for reducing the startup time.
There are three methods to install zplug 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 zplug Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zplug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zplug
Install zplug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zplug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zplug
Install zplug 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 zplug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zplug
How To Uninstall zplug on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zplug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zplug
Uninstall zplug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zplug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zplug
Remove zplug Configurations and Data
To remove zplug configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zplug
Remove zplug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zplug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zplug
Dependencies
zplug have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zplug package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.