Go Go Geekboy

Well I haven’t blogged in a few days. Let me catch you up to speed. I fucked up something and KDE was all weirded out on me. So I reinstalled Ubuntu with Gnome. I got everything back up to par more or less. I compiled Super Maryo Chronicles from scratch for the new version. OMG it’s an addictive game, but I have problems getting past the second world. So weird getting back to 2D scrollers, LOL.

I decided to try out an online MMO called Vendetta Online. It’s a space type of MMO and it’s pretty decent. I’m just starting out so I am getting used to the controls and everything but it’s all in all a pretty smooth game.

I have been using Songbird for my music player of choice lately. I use Rhythmbox for ripping CD’s only and VLC for watching movies. Things are pretty smooth right now. However the Add/Remove programs thing is not showing anything. WTF! I’m going to research that later.

I also installed Sauerbraten which is a FPS game. Runs pretty smooth as well. However I am not used to FPS with the track pad. *sigh* I should hook up a mouse but I don’t have room to use one at the moment.

I installed a TON of fonts using the following method:

Created a directory to put my fonts into from my home directory:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-install

Now the script I used is this:

#!/bin/bash
#
# This script helps to install fonts
#
# Set your default font storage directory here
##DEFAULT_DIR="$HOME/fonts"
DEFAULT_DIR=`pwd`
# Set the default font installation directory here
DEFAULT_DEST="/usr/share/fonts/truetype/font-install"

# Don't edit anything below unless you know what you're doing.

echo "In which directory are the fonts?"
echo -n "[$DEFAULT_DIR] "
read DIR

echo
echo "What is the extention (without the dot) of the fonts?"
echo -n "[ttf] "
read EXT

echo
echo "Where should the fonts be installed?"
echo "DO NOT CHANGE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!"
echo -n "[$DEFAULT_DEST] "
read DEST

if [ -z "$DIR" ]; then
    DIR="$DEFAULT_DIR"
fi

if [ -z "$EXT" ]; then
    EXT="ttf"
fi

if [ -z "$DEST" ]; then
    DEST="$DEFAULT_DEST"
fi

sudo -v
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Unable to obtain the necessary privileges. Exiting..."
    echo -n "Press <enter> to continue. "
    read WER
    exit $?
fi

echo
echo

if [ ! -d "$DIR" ]; then
    echo "Directory $DIR does not exist. Exiting..."
    echo -n "Press <enter> to continue. "
    read SDF
    exit 2
fi

if [ ! -d "$DEST" ]; then
    echo "Directory $DEST does not exist. Exiting..."
    echo -n "Press <enter> to continue. "
    read DFG
    exit 1
fi

echo "Copying fonts..."
cd "$DIR"

for i in *."$EXT"; do
    sudo cp -iv "$i" "$DEST"
done

echo
echo
echo "Updating the font cache..."
sudo fc-cache -fv

if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Error updating the font cache. Your fonts haven't been completely installed. Try running sudo fc-cache -fv manually. Exiting..."
    echo -n "Press <enter> to continue."
    read FSF
    exit $?
fi

echo
echo
echo "Finished."
echo
echo "You will probably need to restart running programs to use the new fonts."
echo -n "Press <enter> to exit. "
read WERT
exit 0

Which I named just installfonts and saved it in my home dir. You can download the script: here.

My fonts were in ~/fonts (a folder called fonts in my home directory) so when I ran the script it prompted for the following:

1. location of the fonts I am installing
2. extension. Remember this is linux so I ran it 2 times. Once with .ttf and the other with .TTF

Now I have over 300 fonts installed. YAY!