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Old 03-09-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Need help installing download please

I just downloaded wall paper from gnome look dot org and the extension ends with tar. bz I tried to drag the file into /usr/share/backgrounds/images folder , when I do that I get an error thats say I don't have write access to that folder dose anyone know how I can root into the /usr/share/backgrounds/images folder and place the image in there.

When rebooting the desktop, I only have an option to choose the kernel that I want to use I have no option to log in as root when the system boots. the file that I'm trying to download/ install is named crystal for gnome - GDM theam here is the link http://www.gnomelook.org/content/sea...&scorefilter=0



I'm using Debian Linux



Any info on how to go about installing this download will be appreciated very much
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YOu have two choices:

1) the safe one, were you download into a directory in your home directory /home/john/ and then in the console move it with
Code:
su
[rootpass]
mv /home/john/file.tar.gz /usr/share/backgrounds/images
2) Risky, can open up your system to outside attack, were you use wget to download the file,
Code:
cd /usr/share/backgrounds/images
su
[rootpass]
wget http://www.website.com/directory/on/website/file.tar.gz
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The file is now inside the /usr/share/backgrounds/images folder


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Make sure that you extract the contents of the compressed file into the directory. But you will have to have root access in order to do so (unless you give perms to the user, which I do not suggest). mv /location/of/the/file /destination/where/you/want/the/file (You will have to be root as suggested above.)
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