How To Install Zsh5 In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Zsh5 In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

zsh5

shell with lots of features

Maintainer: Debian Zsh Maintainers



Section: shells

Install zsh5

  • Debian apt-get install zsh Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install zsh Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add zsh Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S zsh Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install zsh Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install zsh Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install zsh Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install zsh Click to copy
  • macOS brew install zsh Click to copy

zsh

shell with lots of features

Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Of the standard shells, zsh most closely resembles ksh but includes many enhancements. Zsh has command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and a host of other features.

Installing zsh5 command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of zsh5 2026 package in your OS.