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Manage Zellij Installation

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Installs and configures Zellij terminal multiplexer from GitHub releases. Use when setting up Zellij for terminal workspace management.

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Prerequisites

  • macOS or Linux
  • curl installed
  • tar installed

Installation

1. Ensure ~/​.local/​bin exists and is in PATH

mkdir -p ~/​.local/​bin

Add to ~/​.bashrc if not already present:

export PATH="$HOME/​.local/​bin:$PATH"

Then reload:

source ~/​.bashrc

2. Download and install Zellij binary

Determine OS and architecture, then download the appropriate release from https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/releases

For macOS (Apple Silicon):

curl -L https://github.com/​zellij-org/​zellij/​releases/​latest/​download/​zellij-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz -o /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz

For macOS (Intel):

curl -L https://github.com/​zellij-org/​zellij/​releases/​latest/​download/​zellij-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz -o /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz

For Linux (x86_64):

curl -L https://github.com/​zellij-org/​zellij/​releases/​latest/​download/​zellij-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz -o /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz

For Linux (aarch64):

curl -L https://github.com/​zellij-org/​zellij/​releases/​latest/​download/​zellij-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz -o /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz

3. Extract and install

tar -xvf /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz -C /​tmp
chmod +x /​tmp/​zellij
mv /​tmp/​zellij ~/​.local/​bin/
rm /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz

4. Configure Zellij

Create config directory and dump default configuration:

mkdir -p ~/​.config/​zellij
zellij setup --dump-config > ~/​.config/​zellij/​config.kdl

5. Set locked mode as default

Edit ~/​.config/​zellij/​config.kdl and ensure this line is present (uncommented) near the top:

default_mode "locked"

Verify

zellij --version

Confirm config exists:

cat ~/​.config/​zellij/​config.kdl | grep default_mode

Update

  1. Download the latest release (repeat step 2 from Installation with the new version)
  2. Extract and replace the binary:
tar -xvf /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz -C /​tmp
chmod +x /​tmp/​zellij
mv /​tmp/​zellij ~/​.local/​bin/
rm /​tmp/​zellij.tar.gz

Check releases at: https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/releases

Uninstall

  1. Remove the binary:
rm ~/​.local/​bin/​zellij
  1. Remove configuration:
rm -rf ~/​.config/​zellij
  1. Remove cache and data (if any):
rm -rf ~/​.cache/​zellij
rm -rf ~/​.local/​share/​zellij

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