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> > This may have something to do with my inabilities to run Open Office
> > easily: All the Linux books I have read seem to indicate that the PATH
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> Open Ofice is usually installed outside PATH, typically in /opt, but
> yes, it may not be in your PATH. There should be a private Open Office
> directory in yyuor home directory, and you can make a private 'bin'
> directory and add that to your PATH. It may already be set up to add
> /home/yourusername/bin as default anyway.
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> Usually, the default PATH is set as part of the startup routine, but
> you should have a PATH in your .bashrc if you want to add or remove
> directories to search.
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> By the way, each user (or process, actually) has their own copy of
> PATH, and can differ. It's not like Windows or DOS where it's
> system-wide.
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Charles, in my setup the last bits of the default PATH are added towards the
bottom of /etc/profile during the startup. To read the default PATH comment out
any additions to it in your .bashrc. Start a new bash shell or type "source
.bashrc" then type "echo $PATH".
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