diff -Naur src.original/src/app.cpp src/src/app.cpp
--- src.original/src/app.cpp	2005-06-20 20:21:05.000000000 -0500
+++ src/src/app.cpp	2005-06-20 22:04:12.000000000 -0500
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
     SetAppName(APP_NAME" v"APP_VERSION);
     ConfigManager::Init(wxConfigBase::Get());
     ConfigManager::Get()->Write("app_path", GetAppPath());
-    ConfigManager::Get()->Write("data_path", GetAppPath() + "/share/CodeBlocks");
+    ConfigManager::Get()->Write("data_path", "/usr/share/codeblocks");
+    ConfigManager::Get()->Write("plugin_path", "/usr/lib/codeblocks");
     m_HasDebugLog = ConfigManager::Get()->Read("/message_manager/has_debug_log", (long int)0) | m_HasDebugLog;
     ConfigManager::Get()->Write("/message_manager/has_debug_log", m_HasDebugLog);
     if (ParseCmdLine(0L) != 0)
diff -Naur src.original/src/main.cpp src/src/main.cpp
--- src.original/src/main.cpp	2005-06-20 20:21:05.000000000 -0500
+++ src/src/main.cpp	2005-06-20 22:07:14.000000000 -0500
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
     if (forceShow || showAtStartup)
     {
         wxLogNull null; // disable error message if tips file does not exist
-        wxString tipsFile = ConfigManager::Get()->Read("/app_path") + "/tips.txt";
+        wxString tipsFile = ConfigManager::Get()->Read("/data_path") + "/tips.txt";
         long tipsIndex = ConfigManager::Get()->Read("/next_tip", (long)0);
         wxTipProvider* tipProvider = wxCreateFileTipProvider(tipsFile, tipsIndex);
         showAtStartup = wxShowTip(this, tipProvider, showAtStartup);
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
     
     PluginManager* m_PluginManager = Manager::Get()->GetPluginManager();
 
-    wxString path = ConfigManager::Get()->Read("data_path") + "/plugins";
+    wxString path = ConfigManager::Get()->Read("plugin_path") + "/plugins";
     m_pMsgMan->Log(_("Scanning for plugins in %s..."), path.c_str());
     int count = m_PluginManager->ScanForPlugins(path);
     m_pMsgMan->AppendLog(_("Found %d plugins: "), count);