Hey. Yeah, I downloaded Minion Symbol (and all the documentation and installation instructions) from there. Its their installation instructions (partly at least) that I'm complaining about. I THINK I've got the location problem sorted out. I THINK.

So... I think I'm narrowing down the problem to this (name changed for privacy):

) (./mnsymbol-test.aux)
(/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd) [1{/Users/alexandra_k/.
texlive2007/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./mnsymbol-test.aux
)kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 MnSymbolC10
mkdir: ././Users/alexandra_k/.texlive2007/texmf-var/fonts/pk: Permission denied
mktexpk: mktexdir /Users/alexandra_k/.texlive2007/texmf-var/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/MnSymbol failed.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
)

So.. It seems to be finding finding things okay (I'm not getting a 'can't find' error anymore) but now the problem is: Permission denied. I googled that... Doesn't look good (in the sense of comprehensibly fixable). I'll try repairing the permissions on my mac but I don't know that it has anything to do with that... But aside from that I'm at a loss really.

Wait... mkdir... It is trying to make a directory. And it doesn't have permission. Let me guess... I need to login to terminal and tell it to make a directory once I'm logged on with system administrator access? Then... It will be all made and it just has to find it?

What does it want to put in the directory? Maybe I need to put it there manually with administrator access...

I really shouldn't speculate (it just leads me on another 4 hour goose chase). Sigh.