Tips for Installing Oh My ZSH on Mac with Up to Date Version

In order to reduce the frustration that I’ve encountered while installing oh-my-zsh on my new MacBook, I decided to write down this post to remind me of some steps that I need to beware.

Install ZSH from Homebrew

$ brew install zsh

Make sure the ZSH is running the Homebrew version, not the built-in one

$ which zsh

Should return the path /usr/local/bin/zsh not /bin/zsh

Install oh-my-zsh

$ curl -L https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh | sh

Under /.zshrc file, we should add few more lines that include the following

.zshrc

[[ -s "$HOME/.profile" ]] && source "$HOME/.profile" # Load the default .profile
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" # Load the Homebrew version of commands

Run brew doctor if encounter any further problems, it will tell us what to do.