How can I set my /usr/local/bin/bash
(which is the 4.2 version that allows auto-completion of 'cd to directory with directory name') to be my default bash for a new window instead of my regular (v3.2.48) version.
I can type /usr/local/bin/bash
and get into it but that's not the default for a new Terminal window which is what I want.
Best Answer
I don't know if this will populate in the terminal / advanced user account locations, but "The Way This Has Worked For Years"™ in Linux-land is that you must update
/etc/shells
with the path to the shell location, and then usechsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash username
to use it.Simply running
chsh
without modification to/etc/shells
should cause an error indicating you've chosen an invalid shell, in case you're curious./etc/shells
is a root-owned file, so you must use sudo in tandem with an editor in order to modify it. I hope you're comfortable doing that, else I would highly advise against trying out a non-default shell :).Summary (steps):
brew install bash
, thensudo vi /etc/shells
and add/usr/local/bin/bash
to the list, thenchsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash [your_username]
and restart your terminal in order for your changes to take place