[Bug 64064] Re: would be nice to add ~/bin to the default PATH

[Drew]

Th e problem is not users adding system paths, the problem is gnome-
panel allows no user overrides.  The only way to modify the path is to
modify the global /etc/profile.  Gnome-panel should be overridden by
~/.profile.

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Title:
  would be nice to add ~/bin to the default PATH

Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “pam” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The Alt-F2 "Run Application" dialog runs applications. However, it
  seems to have a different notion of what the path is to my shells;
  more specifically, it doesn't include ~/bin, which I have added to the
  path in both .bash_profile and .bashrc.

  So I can't run my Firefox starter script, ~/bin/ff, by pressing Alt-F2
  and typing "ff".

  This URL:
  http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-2793.html
  has a massively long discussion with at least ten ways to solve the problem. I have no idea which one is best, or "approved", or won't break any upgrades or cause conflicts.

  In Dapper, I solved it by putting the following into .gnomerc:
  export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
  That line is still there, but doesn't seem to be doing the trick any more.

  Can someone who understands this stuff please make this work by
  default? :-)

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