<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Today I tried to add  export PATH=$PATH/usr/local/bin:/opt/esru/esp-r/bin:/home/fred/bin:$PATH  at the end of file profile，and it succeeded to start esp-r from terminal.Here,I would like to thank all people in esp-r users' club who have gave me answers for solving problems,especially,Jon Hand.It's so kind of you!We don't know each other,but you really help me a lot!               <HR id=stopSpelling> From: luckygrass100@hotmail.com To: esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk Subject: Problems of updating the .profile file Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:45:29 +0000 <STYLE> .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} </STYLE> Dear all, According to instructions_for_linux_installer.txt,If you are running the bash shell then you would look for an entry in the .profile file something like: export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/esru/bin:/usr/esru/esp-r/bin:/home/fred/bin:$PATH   But I don't know how to edit it.File /etc/profile is as follows:   # /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1)) # and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...). if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then   for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do     if [ -r $i ]; then       . $i     fi   done   unset i fi if [ "$PS1" ]; then   if [ "$BASH" ]; then     PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '     if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then  . /etc/bash.bashrc     fi   else     if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then       PS1='# '     else       PS1='$ '     fi   fi fi umask 022   I try to add  export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/esru/bin:/usr/esru/esp-r/bin:/home/fred/bin:$PATH  at the end of file profile.But it didn't work after I restarted Ubuntu.Look forward to your answers.Grateful thanks! <HR> 使用Messenger保护盾2.0，支持多账号登录！ <A href="http://www.windowslive.cn/safe/">现在就下载！</A> <hr />聊天+搜索+邮箱想要轻松出游,手机MSN帮你搞定! <a href='http://3g.msn.cn/' target='_new'>立刻下载！</a></body> </html>