How to download, Install, Run and Use Fish-shell in Termux

 

Tutorial 1: How We download, Install, Run and Use Fish-shell in Termux [ It Also work for non-rooted devices]

What Will I Learn?

• How to download Fish-shell in Termux
• How to install Fish-shell in Termux
• How to run Fish-shell in Termux

Today I build this Tutorial as a result of i believe there is a desire for this shell for the beginners in my future post on Termux. Thus I build this tutorial for the ability for you. Fish-shell & hacker's keyboard makes the utilization of Termux simple and that I hope you'll simply understand this tutorial and take advantage of Fish-shell.

What is Fish-shell?

Fish(The Friendly Interactive Shell) a Unix (os) shell that focuses on interactive use, discover-ability and friendliness. Everything that may be done in different shell languages ought to be done in fish. It auto-complete the commands that area unit pretty cool. Fish is fully scrip-table, and its syntax is simple, clean and consistent. Fish is a fast, the auto-completion is surprisingly useful  and it's intuitive use while not an excessive amount of  configuration.

How it works?

• Fish counsel commands as you kind, supported  history and completion, a bit like a web browser. Complete the autosuggestion by hit the correct arrow key.

• Requirements

  • Termux :

  Download Link

  • Hacker's Keyboard

  Download Link

  • Fish-shell GitHub

  https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell.git

  Difficulty

  • Intermediate

    Procedure

    1: Install the Termux App and Hacker's keyboard from the necessity section, these apps are also on the market  in Google Play Store.

    How to configure the Hacker's keyboard

    • Open the Hacker's keyboard by click or pressing an Open.

    
    

    • Click on ENABLE KEYBOARD and SWITH on the Hacker's keyboard and press back key
      

    

    • Click on CHOOSE INPUT METHOD and CHOOSE Hacker's keyboard . Hacker's keyboard is currently configured! present follow the next steps carefully
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    2: Open the Termux app and wait till it's starts totally till it shows a welcome note in Terminal.
    

    

    • Now press you first command pkg update and hit enter, wait till it complete.
      

    
    

    • Now press the command pkg upgrade and select Enter This command installs the c language in Termux app.
      

    

    • Now press the command pkg install python2 and press Enter this command installs the Python Language  which will be accustomed to run the Fish-shell.

    

    3: currently

    • press the command pkg install git and press Enter This will install the use of it.

    

    • Now press the command pkg install python and press Enter.
      

    4: There are mainly two methods to Download and Install Fish-shell.

    • 1: First, we tend to manually clone the GitHub link  then install it by about to downloaded file directly.
    • 2: Second is easy and simple it download and install Fish-shell automatically.

    But, here we tend to observer the second technique which is easy to use and if you're a beginner you'll simply understand this method. In my next Termux Tutorials, I will be able to in brief outline a way  how to clone and how to install a package with git clone command

    • Simple type command pkg install fish and press Enter wait till it complete the download.

    

    • Now simple type command and press Enter. This may install and run the Fish-shell automatically.

    

    How to use Fish-shell?

    • This makes use of Termux easy and you can smpily and fastly interact with it. You just need to place the first alphabet of your command it will show the full command and you can use it with the forward arrow. Press Tab and fish will be attempt to complete the command, argument or path. If there are more then one possibility it'll list them
    • I type the only cd and therefore the first alphabet of any directory it shows the complete path of directory now if I need to access this directory I simply press the forward button ] , hit with  Tab once more to cycle through the possibilities.

    

    • Another Example i type cd n
      
    • And I got the complete path easily.
      

    
    

  •  we'd like to put in(install) the Fish-shell but before cloning, we'd like to put in(install) git in Termux.