update-bash.md

Introduction

A new bash is required to get rid of the sámi characters problem when working in the Terminal on the Mac.

Install new readline library (readline-5.0)

First we need to install new readline library

Download readline-5.0

Move the readline directory to /tmp/ and install it.

ssh adminis@localhost
(asks admin password)
mv Desktop/readline-5.0 /tmp/
make install

Install new bash (bash-3.0)

Then, download and install new bash.

Download bash-3.0

Move the bash directory to /tmp/ and install it.

ssh adminis@localhost
(asks admin password)
mv Desktop/bash-3.0-1-osx3 /tmp/
./configure
make install

To enable new bash when starting bash in Terminal.

sudo mv /bin/bash /bin/bash-old
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash
sudo mv /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1 /usr/share/man/man1/bash-old.1

The last command is for having manual pages for the new bash.