On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:01:39AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > The other problem is trying to permanently add $HOME/bin to the $PATH. > > I have in .bash_profile > PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin > export PATH > > But every time I boot I have to manually add it again.
This is probably because you are logging in with a display manager instead of ssh or a Linux console. The display managers do not launch a login shell, so your login shell configuration files are never read. (This is why I never use a display manager. Well, one of the reasons.) You need to identify which display manager you're using, and then try to figure out how to configure it as a user. Good luck. I've found that most of them have absolutely ZERO documentation about this.
