# Switching to zsh on Aurora (not Aurora-DX) **URL:** \ **Category:** Aurora\ **Created:** [October 9, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457 "2024-10-09T17:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elbinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Elbinho](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Elbinho)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/1 "2024-10-09T17:22:45Z")
I think I am missing something. I can of course switch to zsh in my ptyxis user profile, but that doesn’t seem to work if I want to use bluefin-cli, as that always gets installed for my system shell. On DX I could use ujust configure-shell to switch to zsh, but that seems to be not an option on non-DX Aurora? ---
**Author:** ![Raul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/raul/32/3750_2.png) [@Raul](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Raul)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/2 "2024-10-14T15:51:29Z")
The `chsh` command was removed to prevent [screwing up](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/chsh-command-not-avaiable/4382/11) the base image. You can change is with usermod, but I am not sure of the reprecussions. The “bling” in bluefin-cli doesn’t appear to work for me in zsh. ```auto sudo usermod --shell /usr/bin/zsh ${USER} ``` ---
**Author:** ![Elbinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Elbinho](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Elbinho)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/3 "2024-10-14T17:01:40Z")
> [@Raul](#): > > The “bling” in bluefin-cli doesn’t appear to work for me in zsh. So you are saying switching to zsh via usermod doesn’t have any benefits in regard to using bluefin-cli compared to setting zsh in the ptyxis profile? I really don’t get it. Bluefin-cli seems to support zsh generally, but it looks like the only way to switch to zsh in a way that bluefin-cli recognizes it is using the DX version. ---
**Author:** ![soki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/soki/32/4657_2.png) [@soki](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/soki)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/6 "2024-10-20T17:25:31Z")
> [@Elbinho](#): > > but it looks like the only way to switch to zsh in a way that bluefin-cli recognizes it is using the DX version. I’m running `bluefin-dx-surface:latest` and after switching to zsh (using the Ptyxis profile), none of the bluefin-cli tools installed are recognized. > [@Raul](#): > > The “bling” in bluefin-cli doesn’t appear to work for me in zsh. I would be happy to hear if you found a workaround. ---
**Author:** ![Elbinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Elbinho](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Elbinho)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/7 "2024-10-23T13:21:05Z")
> [@soki](#): > > I’m running `bluefin-dx-surface:latest` and after switching to zsh (using the Ptyxis profile), none of the bluefin-cli tools installed are recognized. Yes, that was my mistake. I thought I read in the docs that dx still supports “ujust configure-shell”, but in the meantime, I found the commit that removed it from every version ---
**Author:** ![reisaraujo-miguel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/reisaraujo-miguel/32/3691_2.png) [@reisaraujo-miguel](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/reisaraujo-miguel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/8 "2024-10-23T15:05:58Z")
I had to modify the $SHELL variable to /bin/zsh to make it work ---
**Author:** ![soki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/soki/32/4657_2.png) [@soki](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/soki)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/10 "2024-10-26T07:45:22Z")
> [@Raul](#): > > `sudo usermod --shell /usr/bin/zsh ${USER}` I tried this command and ran `ujust bluefin-cli` but I could be missing something. Could you please share your modification that made it work? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/e/e39f7d1952979cf23b0f8d634e025fb38da50026.png) [@system](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/switching-to-zsh-on-aurora-not-aurora-dx/4457/11 "2025-01-24T07:45:41Z")
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