"A beautiful and useful prompt for your shell" made portable.
I forked this project because installing it via python-pip was a huge pain in the ass.
It did not survive OS migrations and downloading it from repos would make it more difficult to maintain over time.
Now it exists and runs entirely within your /home folder.
Requires python3.
Includes argparse.py (LICENSE).
1.) Extract the contents of the archive,
2.) rename the resulting folder to powerline-shell,
3.) drag-and-drop powerline-shell into your ~/.config folder,
4.) add the following lines to the bottom of your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_aliases files:
function _update_ps1() {
PS1=$(PYTHONPATH=$HOME/.config/powerline-shell\
python3 $HOME/.config/powerline-shell/powerline-shell.py $?); }
if [[ $TERM != linux && ! $PROMPT_COMMAND =~ _update_ps1 ]]; then
PROMPT_COMMAND="_update_ps1; $PROMPT_COMMAND"; fi
To uninstall, just reverse steps 3 & 4.
The powerline-shell folder includes a config.json for you to edit. You can consult the OLDREADME for more info.