Oh my zsh is only working when i log in as root

Question

Recently installed zsh and oh my zsh but when i open a terminal nothing changes, the bar keeps looking as always but it changes only when i log as root doing sudo su, I have tried almost everyting but nothing changed.

I am using alacritty. Thanks for your help.

Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-05T14:43:06.490

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Most likely you installed it for root, not your own user.

Read Documentation: Installing OH-MY-ZSH.

Troubleshooting steps:

1. Are your user (not root) using ZSH really? In your user:

% echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/zsh

If not, chsh -s $(which zsh) NO SUDO!

2. Install Oh-My-Zsh without SUDO

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

OR

sh -c "$(wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

OR

sh -c "$(fetch -o - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

edited Jun 05 '23 at 14:43

answered Jun 05 '23 at 14:31

Daniel

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I don't know why but it only worked with the wget one, i was trying wiht curl, but finally worked, thanks a lot. – Unlucko Jun 05 '23 at 15:55
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@Unlucko, could you up vote my answer? I need reputation here. I will up vote your question. – Daniel Jun 05 '23 at 18:44
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As soon as i get to 15 reputation i will upvote your answer. – Unlucko Jun 05 '23 at 22:25

Oh my zsh is only working when i log in as root

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