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I've recently installed virtualenv + virtualenvwrapper on Linux Mint 10 LXDE. For convenience I've added the standard WORKON_HOME settings to my ~/.profile

export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/Envs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Then I've noticed that workon does not work after login, which means the above commands were not run. If I source ~/.profile then it works. I'm really not sure what could cause .profile not being run? I've checked and I don't have .bash_profile or .bashrc.

Raystafarian
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~/.profile is only sourced for interactive login shells. If you're starting a shell that's interactive but it's not a login shell, then ~/.bashrc is sourced.

Dennis Williamson
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