On 23-Sep-99 Johann Spies wrote: > I am trying to install real player and have the following lines in my > ~/.bash_profile: > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/src/rvplayer5.0 > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH > PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/src/rvplayer5.0 > > When I do an "echo $PATH" in the console, I get: > > > .::/home/jhspies/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/use/X11R6/bin: > /usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/etc:/etc:/sbin: > /usr/sbin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/home/jhspies/bin: > /usr/arx/bin:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/pgsql/bin: > /home/jhspies/Office51/bin:/usr/local/src/rvplayer5.0 > > However when I do it in xterm I get > > .::/home/jhspies/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/use/X11R6/bin: > /usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/etc:/etc:/sbin: > /usr/sbin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/home/jhspies/bin: > /usr/arx/bin:/usr/local/lib > > Does X11 ignore ~/.bash_profile?
I have this stuff (my PATH) in my .bashrc and my aliases too. I have in my .bash_profile the line: ENV=$HOME/.bashrc This is so that it sources .bashrc My LD_LIBRARY_PATH is in my user .profile X11 seems to ignore .bash_profile because .bash_profile is for login shells. -- Andrew
