Could not find the SHELL variable: NotPresent

[xffxff]

Basic information

zellij --version: 0.16.0
tput lines: 52
tput cols: 211
uname -av or ver(Windows): Linux 5.0.9-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Apr 20 09:03:57 EDT 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[imsnif]

Hey @xffxff - sorry about the experience!

The $SHELL variable is how we find out what your default shell is in order to open new terminals. I'm not sure why it's not defined on your machine (I guess echo $SHELL is blank for you?)

A workaround can be to either set that variable permanently (with something like export SHELL=/bin/bash) or to start Zellij by explicitly specifying your shell with: zellij options --default-shell /bin/bash (or whichever shell you'd like to specify).

[xffxff]

@imsnif echo $SHELL does not return empty

But zellij options --default-shell /bin/bash works for me.

[xffxff]

@imsnif It's very strange that when I manually set the environment variable ( export SHELL=/bin/bash), zellij can work normally again

[xffxff]

@imsnif My problem is solved, should I close the issue?

[a-kenji]

@xffxff,
If you don't mind, it would be awesome if you documented how
your issue was fixed - for anyone experiencing a similar problem.

But yes if it is fixed you should close it.

Thanks for reaching out and please don't hesitate contacting us again!

[xffxff]

I fixed it by manually setting the environment variable export SHELL=/bin/bash, and start Zellij by explicitly specifying the shell can also work (zellij options --default-shell /bin/bash)