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Asked: 2026-06-05T13:59:34+00:00

I have system path vickey@tb:~/work/sayonara$ echo $PATH /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.8.0/bin:/home/vickey/bin:/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/vickey/bin:/home/vickey/tunebasket/p2p/ vickey@tb:~/work/sayonara$ cd /usr/local/ I want to

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I have system path 

vickey@tb:~/work/sayonara$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.8.0/bin:/home/vickey/bin:/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/vickey/bin:/home/vickey/tunebasket/p2p/
vickey@tb:~/work/sayonara$ cd /usr/local/

I want to get rid of the first entry PERMANENTLY . Where is the system path being set ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should first start looking at:

    /etc/environment

    If it is not included there, take a look at:

    /etc/profile

    The next possible location depends on the shell you are using. All shells also have a default config file located in /etc like /etc/bash.bashrc.

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