Mike, Yes, you are right - I am confusing both of us. So one step at a time. I have just opened .profile into gedit by simply double-clicking on it in the file manager. This means that the file is not write protected in my Ubuntu.&nbs...
Mike, Yes, you are right - I am confusing both of us. So one step at a time.
I have just opened .profile into gedit by simply double-clicking on it in the file manager. This means that the file is not write protected in my Ubuntu. I believe you are using MX so things might be different, but the error you received is weird.
In a terminal enter
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ls -l .profile
If there is an "w" amongst the first few lett...