Somebody in the thread at some point said: > I am not logged in as root. I am logged in as a user. I need to get > files from my desktop and put them in here, /usr/local/lib/win32 . I > do not know what chmod or chown means. I read the manual on them but > do understand. > > What I need to know is how to copy the files from my desktop and put > them in /usr/local/lib/win32 . I am not logged in as root. Open up a "Terminal" from the start menu thingy. Type su - (that's su <space> and a minus sign) and hit Enter. Type your root password. Now in there, you are root. Your desktop lives down /home/<username>/Desktop. So if your username was mike, and you wanted to mv "mycodecs" from the Desktop to your new dir mv /home/mike/Desktop/mycodecs /usr/local/lib/win32 Probably your next question will be about unpacking a .tar.gz file... moving the actual codecs up a directory level... -Andy
