How to fix Error opening terminal: xterm-256color unknown terminal type
Since Lion was released I encounter on my terminal the following error: ‘xterm-256color’: unknown terminal type when using nano editor or top command on ubuntu machine for example.
On mac’s terminal the command:
echo $TERM
returns
xterm-256color
To fix this problem you’ve to modify your~/.profile
nano ~/.profile
add those lines to fix this
TERM="xterm"
export TERM
Save & quit and restart your terminal.app
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