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Old 12-12-2008, 09:58 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by msl View Post
no such luck, unfortunately. I typed mkdir ~/.fonts into a terminal box and got this:

MSL:~ klaas2$ mkdir ~/.fonts
mkdir: /Users/klaas2/.fonts: Permission denied

Calibre still doesn't open, and has the same error message as before.
If you don't have permissions to create a folder in your home directory something is wrong. You can switch to root and check the owner, group and permissions on your home folder. You should be the owner and the owner should have rwx permissions.

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