all-the-icons-install-fonts not working
reddit / emacs

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BlackShxdow · 2022-11-21 16:06

Edit: Fixed it by changing the permissions of the fonts dir from
drwxr-xr-x to drwxr-xrwx

Ran `M-x all-the-icons-install-fonts` and got this output

[Opening output file: Permission denied,
\/home\/josh\/.local\/share\/fonts\/material-design-icons.ttf](https:/
/preview.redd.it/upm26opcvb1a1.png?width=778&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd
f20539ae3a1941bb74b5cd4d7b2e5e307e80d4)

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BlackShxdow · 2022-11-21 16:08

Im an Arch user btw ☕

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sogo00 · 2022-11-21 16:20

What is in this place?

ls -la /home/josh/.local/share/fonts

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sogo00 · 2022-11-21 16:23

short version: emacs (or a helper/child process) wants to write that
file, but the OS does not allow it. So it is very likely a permission
problem, maybe a dir is missing etc...

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BlackShxdow · 2022-11-21 19:05

In my .locale/share/fonts/ is [this](https://imgur.com/a/NPWDe88)

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BlackShxdow · 2022-11-21 19:07

you cant start it as sudo/root and all the dirs are there

([Image of folder](https://imgur.com/a/NPWDe88))

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sogo00 · 2022-11-21 19:10

please do ls -al to see the permissions and never start emacs as
root/sudo

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BlackShxdow · 2022-11-21 19:27

Fixed it by changing permissions of the fonts folder thx