Let's see how we can make the Zsh shell the default interactive shell for Ubuntu Linux Operating System,
Step 1: Open Terminal and first to apt update (need to add sudo if not root user)
# apt update Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal InRelease [265 kB] Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-updates InRelease [114 kB] Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-backports InRelease [108 kB] Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-security InRelease [114 kB] ... Get:17 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-security/main arm64 Packages [879 kB] Get:18 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-security/multiverse arm64 Packages [3242 B] Fetched 17.1 MB in 11s (1593 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.Step2 : Now lets install zsh using command - apt install zsh
# apt install zsh Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libcap2 libgdbm6 zsh-common Suggested packages: gdbm-l10n zsh-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: libcap2 libgdbm6 zsh zsh-common 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 4438 kB of archives. After this operation, 17.9 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y .. Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal/main arm64 zsh-common all 5.8-3ubuntu1 [3744 kB] Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal/main arm64 zsh arm64 5.8-3ubuntu1 [653 kB] Fetched 4438 kB in 4s (1266 kB/s) ... Selecting previously unselected package zsh-common. Preparing to unpack .../zsh-common_5.8-3ubuntu1_all.deb ... Unpacking zsh-common (5.8-3ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package zsh. Preparing to unpack .../zsh_5.8-3ubuntu1_arm64.deb ... Unpacking zsh (5.8-3ubuntu1) ... Setting up zsh-common (5.8-3ubuntu1) ... Setting up libcap2:arm64 (1:2.32-1) ... Setting up zsh (5.8-3ubuntu1) ...Step 3: Now use the command and you will be prompted to add the path of the shell you want to use as your Login Shell, type the path of Zsh.
# chsh Changing the login shell for root Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Login Shell [/bin/bash]: /usr/bin/zshStep 4: Close the terminal and launch again to take effect
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