font installation

[Peter Flynn]

On 19/06/2024 11:53, Zdenek Wagner wrote:

> In many Linux distros fc-cache is not needed after font installation 
> and can even cause problems because a font visible to one user is
> not visible to others. It depends whether fc-cache is invoked by a
> root or by a normal user.

I am currently only addressing beginners on single-user systems (eg 
laptops). Installation on a multi-user system is a whole other thing.

> Nowadays fc-cache is called automatically as root every 5 minutes or 
> so.

 From cron? I see no sign of it here, but this system is Linux Mint 20.1 
so I'll check some more up-to-date ones.

> If you install a font, just wait a few minutes.

That would be interesting, but I would need to be able to cater for the 
users without this service too.

Peter