OpenBSD Install BASH Shell Package Command

How do I install BASH shell package under OpenBSD operating system? How do I set bash as a default login shell under OpenBSD?


You need to use the pkg_add command to install BASH package which is available in a binary packages format over the Internet. You can also install bash package using OpenBSD CD.

First, Login as a root user, either use su - or sudo command.

Next setup PKG_PATH using export command. You can make things really easy by using the PKG_PATH environment variable. Just point it to your favorite location, and pkg_add(1) will automatically look there for any package you specify, and also fetch and install the necessary dependencies of this package automatically.
$ export PKG_PATH=ftp://mirror.planetunix.net/pub/OpenBSD/`uname -r`/packages/`machine -a`/

Caution: The PKG_PATH variable MUST end in a slash (/).

OpenBSD Install bash shell binary package

Use pkg_add command as follows:
$ sudo pkg_add -i -v bash
OR
# pkg_add -i -v bash
Output:

parsing bash-3.2
Dependencies for bash-3.2 resolve to: gettext-0.14.6, libiconv-1.9.2p3 (todo: libiconv-1.9.2p3,gettext-0.14.6)
bash-3.2:parsing libiconv-1.9.2p3
bash-3.2:libiconv-1.9.2p3: complete
bash-3.2:parsing gettext-0.14.6
Dependencies for gettext-0.14.6 resolve to: expat-2.0.0, libiconv-1.9.2p3 (todo: expat-2.0.0)
bash-3.2:parsing expat-2.0.0
bash-3.2:expat-2.0.0: complete
bash-3.2:gettext-0.14.6: complete
Shell /usr/local/bin/bash appended to /etc/shells
bash-3.2: complete

To use bash shell, just enter bash command:
$ bash

How do I setup bash as a login and default shell for my account?

Type the following command to change the user's shell to new shell called /usr/local/bin/bash (the following will change root shell to bash):
# chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
Set bash shell as a default login shell for user nixcraft:
# chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash nixcraft

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