[ale] changing dash to bash in ubuntu

[James Sumners]

I'm not liking this move to dash (Debian Shell) either. Debian 6.0
upgrades ask to make this switch. Anyway, what you need to do is this:

`sudo dpkg-reconfigure bash`

It will prompt you to make a yes or no choice -- choose "no".

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
<savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
> Friends:
> I learnt something diff today.  I was installing WebSphere 7.0 on Ubuntu64
> 10.10.  It was failing again and again.
> I then started researching.  I found that Ubuntu using a shell called dash
> and NOT bash.
> I had to do some hoops to make it use bash for the time being and completed
> installation.
> How to make Ubuntu to have permanent bash and not temporary ?
> Any inputs are welcome.
> -Narahari
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