Unable to update my Bash in Mac by MacPorts

Question

I updated unsuccessfully my Bash to 3.2.48 by MacPorts.

It seems that I do not have it active, since I get

echo $BASH_VERSION
3.2.17(1)-release
         


        

Answer 1

I'm guessing it's installed but not being used as your login shell.

You can change the shell using dscl on the command line.

At the dscl prompt type the following:

list Local/Default/Users
read Local/Default/Users/
change Local/Default/Users/ UserShell /bin/bash /opt/local/bin/bash

I have another example of dscl use on my blog if it helps.