[SOLVED] how can i allow to move a file into usr/share/gimp/2.0/brushes

froylan · 07-26-2012, 02:42 PM

i can't move some brushes to the folder shown abobe,it says "permission denied" how can i allow it?be berry explanatory please

John VV · 07-26-2012, 03:39 PM

that folder is ( like EVERY other folder in / ) is owned by "root"
guessing this IS a brush that you ARE saving IN gimp AS a .gbr

Code:

su -
gimp

then save the gbr brush

BUT you SHOULD be saving it to YOUR normal user home folder
~/.gimp-2.6/brushes

and save it there AS your normal user

froylan · 07-26-2012, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

that folder is ( like EVERY other folder in / ) is owned by "root"
guessing this IS a brush that you ARE saving IN gimp AS a .gbr

Code:

su -
gimp

then save the gbr brush

BUT you SHOULD be saving it to YOUR normal user home folder
~/.gimp-2.6/brushes

and save it there AS your normal user

whaa? i didn't understand you but yes,is a brush located in downloads,i know i'm being really dumb but can you make me a code line to transfer the files?

John VV · 07-26-2012, 04:20 PM

first ARE THEY gimp brushes ?
or some random photoshop brush from the net
photoshop brushes will not work

the brushes NEED to be ".gbr "

save then using gimp to that folder as root

or
as root copy them to the folder

Code:

su -
cd To/The/Locatin/Of/The/Brushes
cp *.gbr /usr/share/gimp/2.0/brushes

HOWEVER YOU HAVE A GIMP FOLDER IN YOUR HOME FOLDER FOR THINGS LIKE THIS
~/.gimp-2.6/brushes

put then in there !