<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:02 AM, leegold <<a href="mailto:leegold@fastmail.fm">leegold@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I read the read but don't understand this bit about the installer: "Note: If you install in the default directory (which is usually /usr/local/seamonkey), or any other directory where only the root user normally has write-access, you must start SeaMonkey first as root before other users can start the program. Doing so generates a set of files required for later use by other users.  However, do not use sudo to run the installer as root because that can damage your profile." Question: "...do not use sudo to run the installer..." So how do I allow the installer to create and write to the dir /usr/local/seamonkey ? I can't su to root in Xubuntu - it's not really encouraged to su in the *ubuntus. If I can't sudo to run the installer how do they want me to do it? Or am I not understand what they're saying? </blockquote><div> I'm not sure whether "do not use sudo to run it" means that you *can* use su, but if you can, then you can probably use "sudo su" to log in as root (of course, use with caution, usual disclaimer and stuff).  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> thanks, Lee G.</blockquote></div> -- Vincent