How To Install zsh-static 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 zsh-static on Ubuntu.
What is zsh-static
zsh-static is:
Zsh is a UNIX 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. Zsh has command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and a host of other features.
This is the statically-compiled version of the shell, i.e. it doesn’t require any dynamically loaded libraries to be present and will work even if libraries zsh (in general) needs are broken on the system. So it’s more robust in case of a broken system.
It though also has a few limitations compared to the normal, dynamically linked, e.g. it can’t use NSS related functionality which might result in minor imperfections like e.g. user names being shown in the prompt.
There are three methods to install zsh-static 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 zsh-static Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zsh-static using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zsh-static
Install zsh-static Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zsh-static using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zsh-static
Install zsh-static 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 zsh-static using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zsh-static
How To Uninstall zsh-static on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zsh-static package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zsh-static
Uninstall zsh-static And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zsh-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zsh-static
Remove zsh-static Configurations and Data
To remove zsh-static configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zsh-static
Remove zsh-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zsh-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zsh-static
Dependencies
zsh-static have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh-static package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.