Powerline font install for Ubuntu 16.10 (also confirmed working for 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, 19.10)

ubuntu-powerline-install.md

Install Powerline fonts for Z shell

Please note: there is an APT package called "fonts-powerline" which is tested and working for Ubuntu 20.04 which achieves the same outcome. Try "sudo apt install fonts-powerline"

If you're using Z Shell and a special prompt theme designed with Powerline fonts in mind, you'll need to install them on your machine. These are the most clear and cut-down instructions that I've found to work with Ubuntu 16.10 (also confirmed working for 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, 19.10) and all credit goes to renshuki's Ubuntu 14.04 + Terminator + Oh My ZSH with Agnoster Theme gist. I've extracted just the Powerline font instructions - my personal setup uses Prezto instead of Oh My ZSH (not included here).

Get the font and config files

cd ~
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/PowerlineSymbols.otf
wget https://github.com/powerline/powerline/raw/develop/font/10-powerline-symbols.conf
mkdir ~/.fonts #if directory doesn't exist
mv PowerlineSymbols.otf ~/.fonts/
mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d #if directory doesn't exists

Clear fonts cache

fc-cache -vf ~/.fonts/

Move config file

mv 10-powerline-symbols.conf ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/

Finito

Restart your terminal and your powerline fonts should be working.

There's one workaround to prevent terminal restart after installation? Some command or ...?

There's one workaround to prevent terminal restart after installation? Some command or ...?

@rafaelribeiroo I'm not aware of any workaround that could avoid the terminal restart. But please let me know if you find anything.

Thank you Brother... I was looking for theses font for a while...