How do I add colored-manpages plugin to my zsh profile (using oh-my-zsh)?

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Just add the plugin to the plugins definition in .zshrc:

plugins=(last-working-dir colored-man-pages)

Then start a new shell and you'll see the plugin activated.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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    shirish over 1 year

    I am using oh-my-zsh and in oh-my-zsh there is a plugin called colord-manpages in the listing -

    ┌─[shirish@debian] - [~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins] - [10199]
    └─[$] ll | grep colored
    
    drwxr-xr-x 2 shirish shirish 4096 2015-12-30 14:27 colored-man-pages
    

    This is the output of .zshrc -

    ─[$] grep -Ev '#' .zshrc
    
    export ZSH=/home/shirish/.oh-my-zsh
    
    ZSH_THEME="duellj"
    
    plugins=(last-working-dir)
    
    export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/include/SDL2"
    
    source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
    

    and this is the output of ~/.oh-my-zsh/oh-my-zsh.sh script -

    [$] grep -v '#' oh-my-zsh.sh                                                                                                     
    if [ "$DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE" != "true" ]; then
      env ZSH=$ZSH DISABLE_UPDATE_PROMPT=$DISABLE_UPDATE_PROMPT zsh -f $ZSH/tools/check_for_upgrade.sh
    fi
    
    
    fpath=($ZSH/functions $ZSH/completions $fpath)
    
    autoload -U compaudit compinit
    
    : ${ZSH_DISABLE_COMPFIX:=true}
    
    if [[ -z "$ZSH_CUSTOM" ]]; then
        ZSH_CUSTOM="$ZSH/custom"
    fi
    
    if [[ -z "$ZSH_CACHE_DIR" ]]; then
      ZSH_CACHE_DIR="$ZSH/cache"
    fi
    
    
    for config_file ($ZSH/lib/*.zsh); do
      custom_config_file="${ZSH_CUSTOM}/lib/${config_file:t}"
      [ -f "${custom_config_file}" ] && config_file=${custom_config_file}
      source $config_file
    done
    
    
    is_plugin() {
      local base_dir=$1
      local name=$2
      test -f $base_dir/plugins/$name/$name.plugin.zsh \
        || test -f $base_dir/plugins/$name/_$name
    }
    for plugin ($plugins); do
      if is_plugin $ZSH_CUSTOM $plugin; then
        fpath=($ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/$plugin $fpath)
      elif is_plugin $ZSH $plugin; then
        fpath=($ZSH/plugins/$plugin $fpath)
      fi
    done
    
    if [[ "$OSTYPE" = darwin* ]]; then
      SHORT_HOST=$(scutil --get ComputerName 2>/dev/null) || SHORT_HOST=${HOST/.*/}
    else
      SHORT_HOST=${HOST/.*/}
    fi
    
    if [ -z "$ZSH_COMPDUMP" ]; then
      ZSH_COMPDUMP="${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zcompdump-${SHORT_HOST}-${ZSH_VERSION}"
    fi
    
    if [[ $ZSH_DISABLE_COMPFIX != true ]]; then
      if ! compaudit &>/dev/null; then
        handle_completion_insecurities
      else
        compinit -d "${ZSH_COMPDUMP}"
      fi
    else
      compinit -i -d "${ZSH_COMPDUMP}"
    fi
    
    for plugin ($plugins); do
      if [ -f $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/$plugin/$plugin.plugin.zsh ]; then
        source $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/$plugin/$plugin.plugin.zsh
      elif [ -f $ZSH/plugins/$plugin/$plugin.plugin.zsh ]; then
        source $ZSH/plugins/$plugin/$plugin.plugin.zsh
      fi
    done
    
    for config_file ($ZSH_CUSTOM/*.zsh(N)); do
      source $config_file
    done
    unset config_file
    
    if [ "$ZSH_THEME" = "random" ]; then
      themes=($ZSH/themes/*zsh-theme)
      ((N=(RANDOM%N)+1))
      RANDOM_THEME=${themes[$N]}
      source "$RANDOM_THEME"
      echo "[oh-my-zsh] Random theme '$RANDOM_THEME' loaded..."
    else
      if [ ! "$ZSH_THEME" = ""  ]; then
        if [ -f "$ZSH_CUSTOM/$ZSH_THEME.zsh-theme" ]; then
          source "$ZSH_CUSTOM/$ZSH_THEME.zsh-theme"
        elif [ -f "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/$ZSH_THEME.zsh-theme" ]; then
          source "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/$ZSH_THEME.zsh-theme"
        else
          source "$ZSH/themes/$ZSH_THEME.zsh-theme"
        fi
      fi
    fi
    

    Can anybody tell/share what I should be doing so that colored-manpages function the moment I use zsh as my xterm ?

    I tried googling but couldn't find anything :(