Thomas Cameron wrote:
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
Oh, man, now *that's* the way to welcome a newcomer. Insult him twice for his first posting.
Sheesh - the people who take delight in slamming newbies should seriously check their attitude at the door. This is a community, not some sort of club. It's *supposed* to be open to all comers.
If you can't say something nice, don't say anything, OK?
Thank you Thomas!
I could not have said it better myself.
That post was just downright rude (and uncalled for).
Scott
