how to create a directory...
Andy Green
andy at warmcat.com
Wed Aug 29 20:17:30 UTC 2007
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
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