Is there a "PATH" equivalent in Kubunto?

[Alexander Smirnov]

John DeCarlo wrote:
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>     And where should i be looking for this information? I ask bc i
>     have no idea, and i feel kinda guilty of bothering ppl before
>     trying to find out what i need to know first.
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> You will need to edit a file to make the change permanent. 
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> Others will point to a tutorial, I suspect. 
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> You can change it for yourself by hitting Alt-F2 and typing "kate 
> ~/.profile" and look for the PATH variable already being changed.
Hmmmm... i always thought that ~/.profile is ksh-specific startup file
Similar file for bash shell is ~/.bash_profile