Merge pull request elixir-lang#462 from eksperimental/guide_fixes

josevalim · josevalim · commit 52dda741d8ef · 2015-02-12T12:57:22.000+01:00
install.markdown : permanent solution for PATH env. var
diff --git a/install.markdown b/install.markdown
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Those distributions will likely install Erlang automatically for you too. In cas
 
 Elixir provides a precompiled package for every release. First [install Erlang](/install.html#4-installing-erlang) and then download and unzip the [Precompiled.zip file for the latest release](https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/).
 
-Once the release is unpacked, you are ready to run the `elixir` and `iex` commands from the `bin` directory. It is recommended that you add Elixir's `bin` path to your PATH environment variable to ease development.
+Once the release is unpacked, you are ready to run the `elixir` and `iex` commands from the `bin` directory. It is recommended that you add Elixir's bin path to your PATH environment variable to ease development. You need to [find your shell profile file](http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/117470/101951), and add to the end of it: 
 
 On Unix systems, one can do:
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ You can download and compile Elixir in few steps. The first one is to [install E
 
 Next you should download the [latest release](https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/), unpack it and then run `make` inside the unpacked directory (note: if you are running on Windows, [read this page on setting up your environment for compiling Elixir](https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/wiki/Windows)).
 
-After compiling, you are ready to run the `elixir` and `iex` commands from the `bin` directory. It is recommended that you add Elixir's `bin` path to your [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable) environment variable to ease development:
+After compiling, you are ready to run the elixir and `iex` commands from the bin directory. It is recommended that you add Elixir's bin path to your PATH environment variable to ease development. You need to [find your shell profile file](http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/117470/101951), and add to the end of it: 
 
 ```bash
 $ export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/elixir/bin"
