I’m not sure what went awry from those steps, what does the following print for the “Shell” line? You’ll be asked for your password.
> EDITOR=cat chsh You also shouldn’t need to reboot for these changes to take effect. Just opening a new Terminal window or tab should be enough. -- arno s hautala /-| a...@alum.wpi.edu pgp b2c9d448 > On 31 Aug 2020, at 13:22, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To get the MacPorts bash 5.0 the default shell, I now tried: > > - edit /private/etc/shells so as to add /opt/local/bin/bash > > - in System Preferences > Users & Groups, I opened Advanced Options for > my (adminstrator’s) account and changed the entry for Login shell to > /opt/local/bin/bash > > - rebooted > > Still, when I open Terminal and issue command “echo $BASH_VERSION” I get > response: 3.2.57(1)-release > > > Note: if in that apparent 3.2.57 shell in Terminal, if I give command “bash” > then of course I get response 5.0.17(1)-release > >> On 31 Aug2020, at 12:32 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I want to upgrade the built-ub bash 3.2 shell on my macOS Catalina (10.15.6) >> to bash 5.0. >> >> I tried to do this by building from scratch, using the methods given at >> https://scriptingosx.com/2019/02/install-bash-5-on-macos/?unapproved=66418&moderation-hash=e680aa22ae89f6f565cadd63e63d04e0#comment-66418. >> But the final step, “sudo make install” gave a fatal error of ‘libintl.h’ >> file not found. >> >> So then I successfully installed the MacPorts port bash @5.0.17_0. >> >> —> But how do I make this bash 5.0 my shell when I open Terminal? >> > > --- > Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com > 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Home (240)-246-7240 > Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334 > >
