Installing Fish Shell on Ubuntu

Author: sh1mu7

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing the Fish shell on Ubuntu.

Installation

Step 1: Downloading Fish

You can install Fish using the following command:

sudo apt-get install fish

Step 2: Entering Fish

To enter the Fish shell, simply run the following command in your terminal:

fish

Step 3: Setting Fish as Your Default Shell

To make Fish your default shell instead of Bash, follow these simple steps:

1. Open your terminal.

2. Run the following command:

   sudo chsh -s /usr/bin/fish

Now, every time you log in, Fish will automatically be your default shell. Enjoy the enhanced features and capabilities of Fish from now on.

Step 4: Removing the Default Welcome Message

1. Open your terminal.

2. To edit the Fish configuration file, run this command:

   sudo nano ~/.config/fish/config.fish

This will open Nano text editor with a configuration file specific to Fish.

3. Remove any existing content in the file.

4. Add this line to set a blank greeting:

   set -g -x fish_greeting ''

By making this configuration change, you will remove any default welcome message displayed when starting Fish.

5. Save and exit Nano by pressing Ctrl + O, then Enter and Ctrl + X respectively.

The default welcome message in Fish has been successfully removed.

Step 5: Switching back to Bash temporarily or permanently

1.If you want to switch back to using the Bash shell temporarily, simply enter the following command in your terminal:

bash

By following these steps, you can switch between Fish and Bash as needed.

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