Fixed procedures, ref. issue report #656

docs/get-started/linux-setup.rst

@@ -44,17 +44,21 @@ ESP32 toolchain for Linux is available for download from Espressif website:
 
 2.  The toolchain will be extracted into ``~/esp/xtensa-esp32-elf/`` directory.
 
-    To use it, you will need to update your ``PATH`` environment variable in ``~/.bash_profile`` file. To make ``xtensa-esp32-elf`` available for all terminal sessions, add the following line to your ``~/.bash_profile`` file::
+    To use it, you will need to update your ``PATH`` environment variable in ``~/.profile`` file. To make ``xtensa-esp32-elf`` available for all terminal sessions, add the following line to your ``~/.profile`` file::
 
         export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/esp/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin
 
-    Alternatively, you may create an alias for the above command. This way you can get the toolchain only when you need it. To do this, add different line to your ``~/.bash_profile`` file::
+    Alternatively, you may create an alias for the above command. This way you can get the toolchain only when you need it. To do this, add different line to your ``~/.profile`` file::
 
         alias get_esp32="export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/esp/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin"
 
     Then when you need the toolchain you can type ``get_esp32`` on the command line and the toolchain will be added to your ``PATH``.
 
-3.  Finally, run the following command to verify if ``PATH`` is correctly set::
+    .. note::
+
+        If you have ``/bin/bash`` set as login shell, and both ``.bash_profile`` and ``.profile`` exist, then update ``.bash_profile`` instead.
+
+3.  Log off and log in back to make the ``.profile`` changes effective. Run the following command to verify if ``PATH`` is correctly set::
 
         printenv PATH