Note in reference to ~/.local/bin this path is added because it is a systemd standard directory.
They are documented in file-hierarchy(7) and also here. https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/file-hierarchy.html If the issue is that the paths don't exist they should be created for the user as methods that leverage systemd-path will fail. $ systemd-path user-binaries It is also the bin directory for official Ubuntu packages like virtualenv. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711254 Title: 16.04.3 deployments include non-existent directories in $PATH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1711254/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs