Get Started with Powerline on Ubuntu

[scottalanmiller]

Powerline is a cool addition to your Linux command line and doesn't take much to get working. On Ubuntu, all we need to do is...

sudo apt-get install powerline

Then edit your ~/.bashrc file by adding this snippet to the very bottom:

if [ -f /usr/share/powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh ]; then
    source /usr/share/powerline/bindings/bash/powerline.sh
fi

That's it, now you have Powerline on Ubuntu with BASH.

[stacksofplates]

I use it on Fedora. You can have it output what Git branch you are on. It's a pretty awesome tool.

[dbeato]

Is this the right project?
https://github.com/powerline/powerline

[scottalanmiller]

@dbeato said in Get Started with Powerline on Ubuntu:

Is this the right project?
https://github.com/powerline/powerline

Looks right. What OS are you on, most have it built in.

[dbeato]

@scottalanmiller Ubuntu 16.04, I will install from the repo.

[stacksofplates]

It also has tmux and vim capabilities

[dbeato]

@stacksofplates That's what i loked about it while reading on it.