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From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PC-keyboard config
Date: 18 Jan 1996 05:40:33 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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James Raynard (james@parody.tecc.co.uk) wrote:
: 
: To install bash on your system (assuming you have the ports distribution),
: do
: 
: # cd /usr/ports/shells/bash
: # make install
: # echo '/usr/local/bin/bash' >> /etc/shells
: # chpass -s /usr/local/bin/bash your_login_name
: 
: and it'll be there the next time you login!

Or even easier/faster if you have the Packages distribution (espically from
the CDROM).  Make sure your CDROM is mounted and :

pkg_add /cdrom/packages/shells/bash-1.14.5.tgz
chpass -s /usr/local/bin/bash your_login_name

-- David   (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)