How to install
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### Using packages

* Arch Linux: [community/zsh-syntax-highlighting][arch-package] / [AUR/zsh-syntax-highlighting-git][AUR-package]
* Debian: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package [in `stretch`][debian-package] (or in [OBS repository][obs-repository])
* Fedora: [zsh-syntax-highlighting package][fedora-package-alt] in Fedora 24+ (or in [OBS repository][obs-repository])
* FreeBSD: `pkg install zsh-syntax-highlighting` (port name: [`textproc/zsh-syntax-highlighting`][freebsd-port])
* Gentoo: [mv overlay][gentoo-overlay]
* Mac OS X / Homebrew: [brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting][brew-package]
* Ubuntu: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package [in Xenial][ubuntu-package] (or in [OBS repository][obs-repository])
* RHEL / CentOS / Scientific Linux: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package in [OBS repository][obs-repository]
* openSUSE / SLE: `zsh-syntax-highlighting` package in [OBS repository][obs-repository]
* Void Linux: `zsh-syntax-highlighting package` [in XBPS][void-package]

[arch-package]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/zsh-syntax-highlighting
[AUR-package]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zsh-syntax-highlighting-git
[debian-package]: https://packages.debian.org/zsh-syntax-highlighting
[freebsd-port]: http://www.freshports.org/textproc/zsh-syntax-highlighting/
[gentoo-overlay]: http://gpo.zugaina.org/app-shells/zsh-syntax-highlighting
[brew-package]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/zsh-syntax-highlighting.rb
[ubuntu-package]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsh-syntax-highlighting
[fedora-package]: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/zsh-syntax-highlighting
[fedora-package-alt]: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=zsh-syntax-highlighting
[obs-repository]: https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=shells%3Azsh-users%3Azsh-syntax-highlighting&package=zsh-syntax-highlighting
[void-package]: https://github.com/voidlinux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/zsh-syntax-highlighting

See also [repology's cross-distro index](https://repology.org/metapackage/zsh-syntax-highlighting/versions)


### In your ~/.zshrc

Simply clone this repository and source the script:

    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
    echo "source ${(q-)PWD}/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc

  Then, enable syntax highlighting in the current interactive shell:

    source ./zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

  If `git` is not installed, download and extract a snapshot of the latest
  development tree from:

    https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/archive/master.tar.gz

  Note the `source` command must be **at the end** of `~/.zshrc`.


### With a plugin manager

Note that `zsh-syntax-highlighting` must be the last plugin sourced.

The zsh-syntax-highlighting authors recommend manual installation over the use
of a framework or plugin manager.

This list is incomplete as there are too many
[frameworks / plugin managers][framework-list] to list them all here.

[framework-list]: https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins#frameworks

#### [Antigen](https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen)

Add `antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting` as the last bundle in
your `.zshrc`.

#### [Oh-my-zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh)

1. Clone this repository in oh-my-zsh's plugins directory:

       % git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

2. Activate the plugin in `~/.zshrc`:

       plugins=( [plugins...] zsh-syntax-highlighting)

3. Restart zsh (such as by opening a new instance of your terminal emulator).

#### [Prezto](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto)

Zsh-syntax-highlighting is included with Prezto. See the
[Prezto documentation][prezto-docs] to enable and configure highlighters.

[prezto-docs]: https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto/tree/master/modules/syntax-highlighting

#### [zgen](https://github.com/tarjoilija/zgen)

Add `zgen load zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting` to the end of your `.zshrc`.

#### [zplug](https://github.com/zplug/zplug)

Add `zplug "zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting", defer:2` to your `.zshrc`.

#### [zplugin](https://github.com/psprint/zplugin)

Add `zplugin load zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting` to the end of your
`.zshrc`.


### System-wide installation

Any of the above methods is suitable for a single-user installation,
which requires no special privileges.  If, however, you desire to install
zsh-syntax-highlighting system-wide, you may do so by running

    make install

and directing your users to add

    source /usr/local/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

to their `.zshrc`s.