How to add home directory path to be discovered by Unix which command?
I have installed node.js at custom location and added the location to the $PATH in .profile file.
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Set environment variables for gnome on wayland and bash on virtual terminals (or ssh)
Gnome 3.22 uses wayland by default. Gnome on wayland does not read ~/.profile (or ~/.bash_profile or /etc/profile). See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736660.
How to add a function to .bash_profile/.profile/bashrc in shell?
I have a function which converts epoch time to date. Here is the definition
What is the difference between .profile and .bash_profile and why don’t I have a .profile file on my system?
So I’m pretty new to Linux and recently installed Fedora 19 on my netbook. I want to have a deeper understanding of Linux and the CLI so I’m now reading Learn Linux: The Hard Way.
.profile is not sourced in Debian Wheezy LXDE
I add $HOME/bin to $PATH from ~/.profile. However, it seems it is not sourced during login. I use a login manager – lxdm I think, and not startx. I know this matters as to which scripts are executed.
Setting PATH vs. exporting PATH in ~/.bash_profile
export does set the $PATH explicitly.