sudo cp ~/Download/fonts /usr/share/fonts via nautilus how to give password in gui

11-27-2011, 09:19 AM

2011/11/27 Abhishek Dixit <abhidixit87@gmail.com>:
> I want to know if I am installing fonts on command line as follows
> sudo cp -rv Â*~/Download/fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype
> and I am having nautilus window ~/Download/fonts open is there a way I
> can copy using gui itself.
> Because when I try to do so it simply denies permission to me and I am
> forced to use command line.
> So is there a hack for using gui in this case?

gksudo nautilus

You can create a starter for this and assign an icon to it and put the
icon in the menu or wherever you like.

Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
ã‚¸ãƒ§ãƒ‹ãƒ¼ãƒ»ãƒ*ãƒ¼ã‚¼ãƒ³ãƒãƒ¼ã‚°

>
> --
> Thanks
> Abhi
> www.nkbashram.com
> maharajji.com
>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>

--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

11-27-2011, 06:37 PM

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
> is there a way I can copy using gui itself.

1. Double click on the font .ttf
2. The font viewer will open
3. Click "Install font"

-Paul

PS. (This copies the '.ttf' to '~/.fonts/' in your home directory)

--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

11-30-2011, 05:25 AM

2011/11/27 Conny Enström <uncurbed@swipnet.se>:
> 2011-11-27 06:50, Abhishek Dixit skrev:
>
>> I want to know if I am installing fonts on command line as follows
>> sudo cp -rv *~/Download/fonts /usr/share/fonts/truetype
>> and I am having nautilus window ~/Download/fonts open is there a way I
>> can copy using gui itself.
>> Because when I try to do so it simply denies permission to me and I am
>> forced to use command line.
>> So is there a hack for using gui in this case?
>>
>
> sudo nautilus
>
> or
>
> sudo mc
>
> (mc = Midnight Commander if it's installed)
>
>
> --
Thanks.

--

--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users