font installation
Peter Flynn
peter at silmaril.ie
Wed Jun 19 22:49:51 CEST 2024
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
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