Re: Unable to use URW Garamond No. 8 Type 1 typeface

> > Have you run either
> >   updmap --enable Map ugm.map
> > with your account or
> >   updmap-sys --enable Map ugm.map
> > as root?
> 
> As instructed by README.garamond, I ran "updmap --enable Map ugm.map", but
> the instructions didn't say to run it as root.

There is nothing special about being root. The point is: if you want
to have a global effect for all users, then use updmap-sys. This
requires write permission to the global directories where the software
is installed.

If you use updmap, all changes remain local to your user (in your
$HOME tree).

> the ~/texmf tree? (It seems weird that one would have to have root access
> to a box just to install a font in one's private tree.)

It is not necessary. It is just a common error to use "updmap", then
switch to some other user.

Thomas