Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-20 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-09-21 12:03:07 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > "TrueType Fonts on Debian XFree86 4.x Systems" > > And it does not mention 'defoma' anywhere! I wonder why that is. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/defoma says: «Defoma, which stands for DEbian FOnt MAnager, provides a f

[ilugd] Installing individually downloaded debian packages

2005-09-20 Thread Saurabh Nanda
# Short Question: How do I install a debian package which I've (manually) downloaded. I don't have a net connection so I can't use apt-get or something similar to fetch an entire package list and then install the package. # Long story: I trashed my Reliance connection and subscribed to Airtel DSL

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-20 Thread Saurabh Nanda
> Say, did you know that the first result on Google for "XFree86 TrueType > fonts" is a page titled "TrueType Fonts on Debian XFree86 4.x Systems"? And it does not mention 'defoma' anywhere! Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com __

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-20 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-09-21 10:14:53 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > So install FreeType.pm > > Which package is supposed to have it? No idea, but it belongs to the Font::FreeType Perl module, which you can get from the CPAN. > And, why should this file suddenly disappear? No idea. It seems somewhat s

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-20 Thread Saurabh Nanda
> So install FreeType.pm Which package is supposed to have it? And, why should this file suddenly disappear? I had installed the msttcorefonts package which is a collection of truetype fonts. All of them have installed correctly, apparently without FreeType.pm Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.co

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-20 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-09-21 01:04:16 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > defoma-hints Can't locate FreeType.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 > /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 > /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at (eval 3

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-20 Thread Rajesh Jha
On 9/21/05, Saurabh Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've downloaded Akshar.ttf (unicode hindi font) and want to install it > 'system-wide', i.e. all applications installed on the system should be > able to use it. > > I tried using 'defoma' (DEbian FOnt MAnager) to install the font,

Re: [ilugd] Hi All

2005-09-20 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 20 Sep 2005 10:52 pm, Raj shekhar wrote: > in infinite wisdom Neeraj Arora spoke thus on 09/20/05 22:32: > > Well this is neeraj arora > > > > Can anyone tell me any freeware on linux (PCQ2004) thru which i can > > edit shockwave flash files.. > > I am not sure if there are any Linux bas

[ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-20 Thread Saurabh Nanda
Hi, I've downloaded Akshar.ttf (unicode hindi font) and want to install it 'system-wide', i.e. all applications installed on the system should be able to use it. I tried using 'defoma' (DEbian FOnt MAnager) to install the font, but have not been successful. Here's what I did: # mkdir /usr/share/

Re: [ilugd] Hi All

2005-09-20 Thread Raj shekhar
in infinite wisdom Neeraj Arora spoke thus on 09/20/05 22:32: > Well this is neeraj arora > > Can anyone tell me any freeware on linux (PCQ2004) thru which i can edit > shockwave flash files.. I am not sure if there are any Linux based utils to edit flash. However, if you want to create flash mo

[ilugd] Hi All

2005-09-20 Thread Neeraj Arora
Well this is neeraj arora Can anyone tell me any freeware on linux (PCQ2004) thru which i can edit shockwave flash files.. Pls it's reqd. urgent Thnaks to all ///\\ (@ @) |--+---oOO(_)---Ooo-+| || | Ma

Re: [ilugd] postgres optimisation

2005-09-20 Thread vivek khurana
--- Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 2005-09-19 20:03:36 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > I would be interested! > > OK, that's two people. Just big enough to be an > audience. :-) hmm ahh oohh ha, make it three. ;-) VK I have studied in an university called li