macos - Unable to update my Bash in Mac by MacPorts

Question

I updated unsuccessfully my Bash to 3.2.48 by MacPorts.

It seems that I do not have it active, since I get

echo $BASH_VERSION
3.2.17(1)-release

How can you make the newest Bash active such that I get it for my login shell?

Answer 1

Run the following code, for instance to change your shell to the newest Bash installed by MacPorts

chsh -s /opt/local/bin/bash

If that gives you the message,

"non-standard shell"

you will need to add

/opt/local/bin/bash

to

/etc/shells

Note that /etc/shells is just a text file, so you can edit it directly if you authenticate as root. You can programmatically change it by the command

sudo -s
Password:
# echo /opt/local/bin/bash >> /etc/shells

If your first chsh command failed, run it now again if you managed to change the above file.