From ccb6391efab8764bf71e08b765f4d3bf3d12ba0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Mario P. Cardenas" <15961362+Mario-paul@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 01:26:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add debian / ubuntu instructions to source .zshrc file after
 package install

---
 INSTALL.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 48b724f..7099696 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ How to install
 
 See also [repology's cross-distro index](https://repology.org/metapackage/zsh-syntax-highlighting/versions)
 
+We need to tell the shell that we want to use zsh-syntax-highlighting.
+
+On Debian and derivatives (Ubuntu, Mint, etc.):
+```zsh
+echo "source /usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh" >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc
+```
+Then restart zsh (such as by opening a new instance of your terminal emulator).\
+Note the `source` command must be **at the end** of `~/.zshrc`.
 
 ### In your ~/.zshrc