What configuration files affect the PATH and other environment settings?

Wed, 03/09/2011 - 01:21 - augustin
Project:Linux software
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#157: How do I find out which Desktop manager I use? How to change it?

the environment variable PATH is no longer set to include $HOME/bin.

I don't know which change caused it not to work any more:
KDE->XFCE.
kdm->ldm.

Comments

#1

augustin - 03/09/2011 - 01:23

I fixed it by adding the following to .bashrc:

PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export PATH

The question remains: why did it work before without that line in .bashrc, and why did it stop working when I switched to xfce/ldm?

What (global/local) configuration files affect the PATH and other environment settings?

#2

augustin - 03/10/2011 - 00:44
Title:How to set environment variables with XFCE / ldm?» What configuration files affect the PATH and other environment settings?