On 2008-02-11T15:05:12-0700, ChadDavis wrote: > I noticed that ~/bin is not on my PATH by default. Why does debian not do > this? And is it a bad idea to add it to the PATH? Debian does not install any programs in home directories, so there is no need to add the ~/bin to PATH. If you want binaries in ~/bin, then it is perfectly fine to modify your PATH via your shell startup files (.bashrc, .profile, .cshrc, .tcshrc etc). /Allan