Re: could not copy fonts from windows folder to Ubuntu font folder

[Eric Blake]

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According to Amr on 10/8/2008 11:02 PM:
> Thanks for your help
> I was trying to import some fonts from windows fonts folder to Ubuntu
> fonts folder but it did not work yet.
> 
> the following command worked 
> cp /windows/Amr-1/WINDOWS/Fonts/*ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/
> 
> but it gave me the following error although it moved fonts from windows
> folder to Ubuntu folder (all moved fonts had an X mark on the upper
> right side)

I'm not sure how to parse this statement about the X mark - is this
something you are seeing in an Ubuntu gui?  If so, you may be better off
asking your question in an Ubuntu support group - the coreutils list is
not for gui support.

> 
> cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/share/fonts/ahronbd.ttf':
> Permission denied

Your original example showed you using sudo to run the copy.  Generally,
/usr/local/share/fonts has restricted permissions (and for a good reason,
because allowing global write access to this directory means anyone could
corrupt fonts).  Perhaps the permission denied error is occurring because
you are copying under the wrong login?  Or put another way, why didn't you
use sudo the second time?

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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