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SIDDHARTH VARSHNEY
Asked: 2019-02-14 01:15:35 +0800 CST

Change default terminal back to Bash in VS Code

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I installed zsh in my Ubuntu 18.04 but didn't like it. After installing it I was having issues, so I removed it.

The default terminal in my VS Code has not changed back to Bash for some reason. Whenever I open the inbuilt terminal, an error message pops up:

The terminal process command '/usr/bin/zsh' failed to launch (exit code: 1)

screenshot of the error

I am just able to capture the screenshot - terminal gets automatically closed after fractions of a second.

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try the following steps:

    1. In the VSC application open File>Preferences>Settings. Or press Ctrl+,;
    2. At this point you can browse the settings, or type terminal.integrated.shell.linux in the search bar;
    3. As value of the field Terminal > Integrated > Shell:Linux fill /bin/bash. Then restart the application.

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    Or, probably better, search for /bin/zsh and replace it with /bin/bash.

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    1. Open Preferences > Settings or simply use Ctrl + ,.
    2. Search for Terminal › Integrated › Shell: Linux.
    3. Click on Edit in settings.json.
    4. Finally add this line "terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash" and restart your application.
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  3. New and easiest way

    Configure your default integrated terminal by running the Terminal: Select Default Profile command, which is also accessible via the terminal dropdown.

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    https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_terminal-profiles

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  4. Open the file ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json and add the following line to the end of the file

    "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "bash"

    Replace bash with whatever terminal flavor you fancy.

    Ooops i didnt notice this answer was already given by

    Maddu Swaroop . Credits to him though i had to find my own despite it was there.

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