Update..

files/homedirs/chris/_profile

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
     PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
 # this is for the midnight-commander
 # to become the last directory the midnight commander was in
 # as the current directory when leaving the midnight commander