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Im not very familiar with the whole zsh ecosystem and there is some stuff that has confused me.

Im using prezto (I know I dont need a framework) which has mostly all the things I need out of the box but I also want this: https://github.com/esc/conda-zsh-completion

How do I install plugins with prezto? Prezto has its own "modules" and there does not appear to be one for conda autocompletion. How to I install this plugin?

Does prezto not support installing zsh plugins and I have to install it manually?

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  1. Inside Prezto's base dir, create a dir called contrib.
  2. Inside this contrib dir, git clone the conda-zsh-completion plugin.
  3. In your ~/.zpreztorc file, add conda-zsh-completion to zstyle ':prezto:load' pmodule.
  4. Restart your terminal.

To update the plugin, cd into its dir and do git pull.

Documentation on using external plugins with Prezto can be found here: https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto#external-modules

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    dear lord why could I not find this information? The documentation with this plugin itself doesnt explain how to do this either. I installed a plugin manager (zinit) thinking prezto could not do this
    – user1028270
    Aug 3, 2020 at 14:32
  • The preferred place to put your customizations is not in modules/, but in contrib/. New modules could be added that conflict with your customizations if you don't use contrib. You are correct - the docs aren't super clear about this.
    – mattmc3
    Jul 22, 2021 at 3:51
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    @mattmc3 Thanks for the tip! I updated my answer.
    – Marlon Richert
    Jul 22, 2021 at 10:35
  • For anyone else stumbling around to get conda-zsh-completion to work, you have to follow this answer and add the following lines to your .zshrc file after the conda initialize code: github.com/conda-incubator/conda-zsh-completion/blob/…
    – Jesse H.
    Mar 16 at 20:48

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