zsh plugins on non-root servers

Here’s a guide on how to install zsh plugins on compute clusters where you don’t have root privileges. The following .zshrc inlcudes the following theme and plugins:

• powerlevel10k
• zsh-syntax-highlighting
• zsh-completions
• zsh-autosuggestions

In addition to the above, you also have to add the following to your .bashrc to make sure that your directly login to zsh when you login to the server.

if [ "$SHELL" != "/usr/bin/zsh" ]
then
    export SHELL="/usr/bin/zsh"
    exec /usr/bin/zsh
fi