I am very new to linux, in fact i have only used it for about 2 hours before i wrote this email. i cannot write anything to the following directory /user/local/lib. I need to be able to, so that i an install MPlayer. How can i resolve this. <html><DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><EM>Matthew Wood</EM></FONT></DIV></html>