How to make ZSH the default shell?

reno_rita

I am trying to set ZSH as my default shell, however it keeps reverting back to bash. I have tried this code: sudo chsh -s $(which zsh) I've also tried: sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh Also tried these commands without sudo. Any ideas on what else I need to do. When running ZSH from within bash it loads up and works fine but I'd like to set it as the default shell.

Originally asked by Tom on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Just using chsh : chsh -s $(which zsh) without sudo should work. If you use sudo it will change the shell not for your working user but for root Finally, log out of your computer and log back in . Troubleshooting: Do you have zsh installed (ii)? dpkg -l zsh Is your shell set to zsh? Last field of grep $USER /etc/passwd Is Zsh a valid login shell ? grep zsh /etc/shells

Full answer by Florian Diesch: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/131838 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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