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2010-07-17 , 10:31
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#11
What am I missing, not sure if looking to hard and simply not seeing it.

Posted by AlMedhi:
sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/THEME

What I am typing in X-Term:
(I have made the folder: /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir)
sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir

Simply not copying anything though worked once, am very lost.
 
TNiga is offline TNiga
2010-07-17 , 11:06
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Originally Posted by Coffee View Post
What am I missing, not sure if looking to hard and simply not seeing it.

Posted by AlMedhi:
sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/THEME

What I am typing in X-Term:
(I have made the folder: /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir)
sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir

Simply not copying anything though worked once, am very lost.
Try using "cp -r /opt/usr/share/themes/THEME/* /home/user/MyDocs/THEME/". That worked fine for me. Probably the symbolic links in /usr/share/themes causes the problem.
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Coffee is offline Coffee
2010-07-17 , 11:21
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thanks Tniga, will give that a go.
 
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2010-07-17 , 11:41
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Originally Posted by TNiga View Post
Try using "cp -r /opt/usr/share/themes/THEME/* /home/user/MyDocs/THEME/". That worked fine for me. Probably the symbolic links in /usr/share/themes causes the problem.
Tniga,
Mate I put in:
cp -r/opt/usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/* /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir/

I also tried:
cp -r /opt/usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/* /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir/

Both returned the following:
cp: invalid option - - /
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2. legal - 1osso30+0m5) multi - call binary

Usage: cp [OPTION]. . . SOURCE DEST

/home/user #

Not sure why it works for you and not me?
 
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2010-07-17 , 11:49
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#15
You must have typed something wrong, it really should be a valid command.
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2010-07-17 , 11:52
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Originally Posted by Coffee View Post
AlMedhi,
Mate, I am dumb founded. I got it to work once and not again since, could you please check I am doing it correctly for me.

sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir
"dthemenight-themedir" being the theme name under /usr/share/themes/.
Do I need to create the folder first under MyDocs:
mkdir MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir ?
If you just want to move "dthemenight-themedir" from /usr/share/themes/ then you need to..

Yes, make the directory with

mkdir /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir

then

sudo cp -r /usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/ /home/user/MyDocs/

If sudo not working.. try

1. root
2. cp -r /usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/ /home/user/MyDocs/
Last edited by AlMehdi; 2010-07-17 at 12:00. Reason: realised you wanted to move folder to MyDocs
 

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2010-07-17 , 11:57
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#17
Originally Posted by AlMehdi View Post
If you just want to move "dthemenight-themedir" from /usr/share/themes/ then you need to..

Yes, make the directory with

mkdir /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir

then

sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir/
Should that work? I tried similar cp thing on my desktop linux and doesn't work.

EDIT: You must have confused to mv because with it that works, but here the point is to copy and not to move.
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2010-07-17 , 12:00
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#18
Originally Posted by TNiga View Post
Should that work? I tried similar cp thing on my desktop linux and doesn't work.

EDIT: You must have confused to mv because with it that works, but here the point is to copy and not to move.
hmm.. no. Forgot the "-r" to do it recursively

You are right.. was probably thinking of "mv"
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2010-07-17 , 12:00
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#19
AlMehdi,
Did that and worked. Real sorry for the headache, not sure what I was doing wrong before. I did it once and worked and then I don't know, must have been doing something wrong and couldn't see it.
You have been a great help to me tonight in both threads, much appreciated.

Stephen
 
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2010-07-17 , 12:49
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#20
You also need to be sure the theme you're copying isn't actually in use.
This can cause the symlink errors too
 
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