ZSH Configuration

Personal zsh dotfiles with Oh My Zsh for a consistent shell environment across machines.

When to Use

• Setting up zsh + Oh My Zsh on a new machine or server
• Configuring PATH, conda, or shell plugins
• Restoring shell configuration after a reinstall
• Debugging shell startup or conda issues

Quick Reference

Setting	Value
Repo	git@github.com:dongzhuoyao/tao-tmux-zsh.git
Framework	Oh My Zsh
Theme	robbyrussell
Plugins	git
PATH additions	~/.local/bin, ~/.opencode/bin
Conda	Miniconda3 initialization (if installed)
Cursor	Blinking cursor enabled (for Termius)

Installation

# 1. Install Oh My Zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

# 2. Clone
git clone git@github.com:dongzhuoyao/tao-tmux-zsh.git ~/tao-tmux-zsh

# 3. Backup existing config
[ -f ~/.zshrc ] && mv ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.bak

# 4. Symlink
ln -sf ~/tao-tmux-zsh/zshrc ~/.zshrc

# 5. Reload
source ~/.zshrc

Common Tasks

Set up a new remote server

# SSH in, then:
sudo apt install zsh       # or: yum install zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)       # set zsh as default shell (re-login required)

# Install Oh My Zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

# Clone and symlink
git clone git@github.com:dongzhuoyao/tao-tmux-zsh.git ~/tao-tmux-zsh
ln -sf ~/tao-tmux-zsh/zshrc ~/.zshrc

Reload after edits

source ~/.zshrc

Update dotfiles

cd ~/tao-tmux-zsh && git pull
source ~/.zshrc

Dependencies

Dependency	Required	Install
Oh My Zsh	Yes	sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Miniconda3	Optional	miniconda docs

Troubleshooting

Issue	Fix
Conda not found after setup	Re-source: source ~/.zshrc or check Miniconda3 is installed at ~/miniconda3
Oh My Zsh not found	Re-run the Oh My Zsh installer; check ~/.oh-my-zsh/ exists

See Also

• tmux — Companion tmux configuration from the same dotfiles repo