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Does X11 ignore ~/.bash_profile?



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?

Johann.
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