Oy! Is there a Linux guru in the house?

[ffutures]

Every question I ask about Linux seems to lead to another question. For example, the installation instructions for fonts say to put them into a directory called /usr/share/fonts/truetype - which does not exist, there's no /usr/share/fonts at all. The program installer says that installation packages have to be taken from a file called the repository - then says I don't have the authority to move files there. It also says I don't have the authority to install packages from anywhere else.

The font thing is REALLY annoying because the current project needs Albertus and one or two other fonts. The program thing is slightly less worrying - I can live without celestia for the time being - but still annoying.

If I bring Shiny(ish) along to the Tun next week is there likely to be some kind Linux guru present who might be able to help, if I haven't got things sorted by then?

Comments

[uk-lemming.livejournal.com]

From what I remember (the last time I used SuSE 9.3 was newly released) "su -" from a shell should put you into root, or logging in as "root" from the gui. This should fix the persmission problems.

[uk-lemming.livejournal.com]

Or a bit more googling reveals this http://en.opensuse.org/Optimal_Use_of_Fonts_on_SuSE which seems to make sense from what I remember

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I've seen that page before. I'm beginning to think that "Simply," "just" and "all you need do" are Linux jargon for "it doesn't work but we're not going to tell you the real way to do it because your head would explode."