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Unable to set bash 5.1 as default on Mac – PHP Versions

I installed bash-5.1 via Homebrew on my Macbook (M1-Monterey).

sachetz$ /opt/homebrew/bin/bash –version
GNU bash, version 5.1.16(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin21.1.0)

Added the path to /etc/shells file:

/bin/bash
/bin/csh
/bin/dash
/bin/ksh
/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/zsh
/opt/homebrew/bin/bash

And ran the following command to set bash-5.1 as the default:

sachetz$ chsh -s /opt/homebrew/bin/bash

However, when I restart terminal and run the bash --version command, I still see bash-3.2:

sachetz$ bash –version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (arm64-apple-darwin21)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

But if I run echo $BASH_VERSION, I see bash-5.1

sachetz$ echo $BASH_VERSION
5.1.16(1)-release

Running which bash gives:

sachetz$ which bash
/bin/bash

Running echo $SHELL gives:

sachetz$ echo $SHELL
/opt/homebrew/bin/bash

When I run an echo $PATH with zsh as the default, I see /opt/homebrew/bin:

% echo $PATH
/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands

However, if I run the same after the chsh to Homebrew bash, I see:

sachetz$ echo $PATH
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin:/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/php:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands

I’m guessing the issue here is that /opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin is not present in the $PATH after I switch the default to Homebrew bash and restart the terminal. So the question is, why is the path variable different between the two, and how do I fix the issue?

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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    Just needed to add /opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin: to the PATH variable in ~/.bash_profile like:

    export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:$PATH"

    I suppose I missed this out as an installation step or something.


  2. 0

    You might want to check the profiles, I believe bash checks both ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile. Typically the $PATH are setup there.

    For zsh, it looks at ~/.zshrc.

    Also, you can check to see Terminal > Preference > Shells open with… option in the Terminal app.

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    which bash looks for bash under your path and bash --version is running a new bash from your path. If your path points to /bin/bash first, they’ll give that bash’s path/version. This isn’t the correct way to verify the current shell’s version.

    The $BASH_VERSION & $SHELL point to the current shell and looks like it is already running the correct version.

    You could also try new built-in variables, like

    echo $EPOCHSECONDS
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