The PATH in Suse Linux 9 (/etc/profile.local)
By jeltsch on Sat, 05/19/2007 - 14:19Several software installations modify the PATH environment variable. There are many different file that are read during bootup that contribute to the final PATH variable. Several software installs, however, break exisiting PATH entries. Among them is the Staden package. The staden installation instruction advise to include the following lines in ~/.bashrc:
export STADENROOT=/usr/local/staden-linux-rel-1-4 . $STADENROOT/staden.profile
In order to quickfix PATH problems, you can give the full path that you need in /etc/profile.local: