Missing a font

[Petter Adsen]

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:26:50 -0700
ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:

> On 04/20/2015 11:49 PM, killermoehre wrote:
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> > Am 21. April 2015 08:44:53 MESZ, schrieb ToddAndMargo
> > <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com>:
> >> On 04/20/2015 10:52 PM, killermoehre wrote:
> >>> Never ever put something by hand into /usr/some/path! This place
> >>> is
> >> under solely control of the package manager. If you want a system
> >> wide change, use /usr/local/some/path, because this place is safe
> >> for not being touched by the package manager.
> >> Seehttp://www.pathname.com/fhs for more informations.
> >>
> >> I am not seeing what this has to do with manually installing a
> >> font. What am I missing?
> >
> > You put your font into /usr/share/fonts, not
> > into /usr/local/share/fonts.
> 
> $ ls -al /usr/local/share/fonts
> ls: cannot access /usr/local/share/fonts: No such file or directory

mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts

> I think it has to do with the distro.

AFAIK, all distros reserve /usr/local for local modifications. It has
always been done this way on *nix systems. Your package manager
maintains the /usr tree, except /usr/local, and can/will thus
overwrite or remove changes you make on updates. Modifications you make
should either go in there or under your home directory.
~/.local/share/fonts would probably work, if you are only setting it up
for yourself.

Petter

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