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[abu_ilya]

I'm making a new version of puppy-eloix based on lupu 5.28. I started by integrating LaTeX in it, which works rather well thus far. I now would add
the following path /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux/ permanently to the current PATH.
I tried this by editing .bashrc and adding the line:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux/
however this does not work, I then tried to add the same line to /etc/profile but that doesn't work neither.
So here's my question how can I make a PATH extension permanent?

thanks
abu_ilya

[Semme]

Hi Abu- you're right. The place to make it permanment is /etc/profile. You need to reboot..

[abu_ilya]

[Semme]

OK- kind of a longshot but, try this, reset your path'n reboot. Mine stuck..

[bigpup]

Maybe do this.
In /etc/profile

Change this line

PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R7/bin:/root/my-applications/bin"

To this

PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R7/bin:/root/my-applications/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux"

And reboot.

[Semme]

Correct! Line 2- each path with a colon separator..

[abu_ilya]