Customize Your Terminal: Terminator Setup for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Terminator is a popular terminal emulator for Linux that allows users to split windows and manage multiple terminal sessions efficiently. In this guide, we will walk you through the steps to configure Terminator on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, including setting up ZSH and Oh My ZSH, and customizing your terminal with powerline fonts.

Install Dependencies

First, ensure that you have the necessary dependencies installed. Open your terminal and run:

sudo apt-get install git curl vim

Install terminator

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install terminator

Install ZSH

sudo apt-get install zsh

Install oh-my-zsh

cd
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Setup missing font (powerline)

1 install powerline font

cd
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/PowerlineSymbols.otf
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/10-powerline-symbols.conf
mkdir ~/.fonts/
mv PowerlineSymbols.otf ~/.fonts/
mkdir -p .config/fontconfig/conf.d #if directory doesn't exists

2 clear cache fonts

fc-cache -vf ~/.fonts/

3 Moving config file

mv 10-powerline-symbols.conf ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/

Edit ZSH configuration

vim ~/.zshrc

Change [ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"] to [ZSH_THEME="agnoster"] inside .zshrc

ZSH_THEME="agnoster"

Remove long username in terminal

Adding DEFAULT_USER=$USER into vim ~/.zshrc

That's it. If you have any problem contact me t.me/iamputhea