Oh My ZSH plugins do not load on startup

macos command-line unix zsh oh-my-zsh

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I just a had a similar problem where some plugins appeared to not get executed. In my case the plugin depended on something installed by homebrew and was failing silently. So I just made sure /usr/local/bin was in $PATH before source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

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Tyler

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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Tyler over 1 year

Using iTerm2 or Terminal.app I have to run su $USER in order for my plugins to load or display in my prompt (e.g. the RVM plugin).

Any reason why this would be?
- Andrew M. almost 12 years
  
  Are you sure your shell is launching zsh and not bash when you startup a terminal? What happens if you just type zsh after you load a shell?
- slhck almost 12 years
  
  Can you be more specific, please, and tell us how your zshrc looks like, and if source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh is even called or not? Does it work if you manually execute that command?
- Tyler almost 12 years
  
  @AndrewM. I am absolutely sure zsh is my login shell. I've run chsh -s /bin/zsh. @slhck source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh is called in my .zshrc file. Thanks for your help guys. It loads the theme I've selected and my aliases so I'm fairly certain my .zshrc file is being used.
- slhck almost 12 years
  
  So ZSH and Oh-my-zsh work, but just all your plugins aren't loaded?
- Tyler almost 12 years
  
  Correct. (10 chars)
- Andrew M. almost 12 years
  
  Ah, good to know. In interpreted it as "Oh My ZSH the doesn't load." :) With that being said; so you have any variables or things being set AFTER your source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh is called? Also, if you run zsh after you login, are the plug-ins loaded correctly? Attaching your .zshrc would be a big help as well.