Install Powerline-Shell on Nintendo Switch
Powerline-Shell
A beautiful and useful prompt generator for Bash, ZSH, Fish, and tcsh:
-Shows some important details about the git/svn/hg/fossil branch
-Changes color if the last command exited with a failure code
-If you're too deep into a directory tree, shortens the displayed path with an ellipsis
-Shows the current Python virtualenv environment
-It's easy to customize and extend.
Fortunately, Powerline-Shell is very easy to install on your Nintendo Switch in just two steps.
- Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Nintendo Switch.
- Use Pi-Apps to install Powerline-Shell.
Compatibility
For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Switchroot L4T Ubuntu Noble, which is currently version 5.1.2 Ubuntu Noble.
Powerline-Shell will run on L4T Ubuntu ARM64.
Install Pi-Apps
Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Nintendo Switch with just a few clicks.
Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash
Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps
Install Powerline-Shell
Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Powerline-Shell.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:
Then click on the Appearance category.
Now scroll down to find Powerline-Shell in the list.
Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Powerline-Shell for you!
Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot, theofficialgman, and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io