Adding to my PATH on system startup

[slayd]

I've installed the latest KDE version of MX Linux.

I note that the .profile file in my home directory has two checks already set for adding ~/.local/bin and ~/bin to the PATH.

After reboot, echo $PATH does not show the updated PATH. I created ~/.local/bin and ~/bin so the exist checks should work.

If I souce .profile, the new entries show up.

Why isn't the PATH updated on reboot?

[dolphin_oracle]

I think it gets overwritten by .bashrc. modify your path there.

[fehlix]

Why isn't the PATH updated on reboot?

In short, quoting Debian's wiki:

Graphical logins do not read a shell's startup files (/etc/profile and ~/.profile and so on) by default

They describe some ways of adjustments. Make sure when using .bashrc, it's made such that the PATH is not added, when it's already included.

[slayd]

I see. Didn't know that as most of my past experience was on Arch based distros. Although I wonder why the MX install puts those additions in .profile on a clean install.

Thank you!

[fehlix]

I see. Didn't know that as most of my past experience was on Arch based distros. Although I wonder why the MX install puts those additions in .profile on a clean install.

To allow setup environment for users who prefer to boot into the console instead of X-gui - see wiki link.

[slayd]

Ah. That makes sense.

I solved the problem by sourcing .profile from .zshrc