On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 16:03 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Matthew Wood wrote: > > > I am very new to linux, in fact i have only used it for about 2 > > hours before i wrote this email. i cannot write anything to the > > following directory /user/local/lib. I need to be able to, so that i > > an install MPlayer. How can i resolve this. > > > > <html><DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><EM>Matthew > > Wood</EM></FONT></DIV></html> > > a couple of observations: > > 1) it's "/usr/local/lib". you won't be taken particularly seriously > if you can't spell the names of standard system directories. > > 2) you really should put in considerably more time reading an intro > book on linux before you start asking questions here. if you don't > even understand the concept of the root account and superuser > privileges, frankly, i don't think you're ready for linux yet. > > rday > "frankly, i don't think you're ready for linux yet" And who put Mr. Day in charge? You should have used I not i, but I guess you are a small person anyway. You could apologize, that takes a much bigger person than to criticize. I purchased a copy of RH 5.1 in 1998 and signed up for the mailing list. After reading posts like the one from Mr. Day, and getting a few myself, I vowed never to subscribe to another list. I gave in 6 years later and tried this one, and was pleasantly surprised. -- Tim... ( still a newbie after all these years )
