[ale] changing dash to bash in ubuntu

[James Sumners]

Sorry, that's `sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash`.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:15 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59