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(if you happen to have *only* bash >= 3.2 installed, see further if not) (if you happen to have *only* bash >= 3.2 installed, see further if not)
If you don't have the package readily available for your distribution, or If you don't have the package readily available for your distribution, or
you simply don't want to do this, put the bash_completion file somewhere you simply don't want to use one, you can install bash completion using the
on your system and source it from either /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc, as standard commands for GNU autotools packages:
explained above.
A more elaborate way that takes care of not loading on old, unsupported ./configure
bash versions as well as some other conditions is included in the bash make
completion package as bash_completion.sh. If your system has the make check # optional
/etc/profile.d directory and loads all files from it automatically, make install # as root
you may place the file in it. If not, place the file somewhere on your
system and source it from /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc, or copy its contents These commands installs the completions and helpers, as well as a
to one of those files. profile.d script that loads bash_completion where appropriate. If
your system does not use the profile.d directory (usually below /etc)
mechanism, i.e. does not automatically source shell scripts in it, you
can source the $sysconfdir/profile.d/bash_completion.sh script in
/etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc.
If you're using MacOS X, /etc/bashrc is apparently not sourced at all. If you're using MacOS X, /etc/bashrc is apparently not sourced at all.
In that case, you should put the bash_completion file in /sw/etc and add In that case, you should put the bash_completion file in /sw/etc and add