Comments on: Install Microsoft TrueType Fonts in Fedora and Ubuntu

By: Anup

Anup — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:02:23 +0000

Few additions for fedora (I am using FC 15 x86_64)

1. If you encounter :
–
error: Failed build dependencies:
/usr/bin/ttmkfdir is needed by msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch
cabextract is needed by msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch
–

Then you need to install :
yum install cabextract ttmkfdir

rpm build should work now (unless you are missing some more dependencies)

2. RPMBUILD stored mstt*.rpm in /root/rpmbuild on my fedora
path: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch

I encountered another dependency on installing it.
yum localinstall –nogpgcheck msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
Error: Package: msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch (/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch)
Requires: /usr/sbin/chkfontpath

check if you can find chkfontpath in your yum repo. –> yum search chkfontpath. Otherwise, you can download the relative version from rpm.pbone.net

I didnt find it yum repos, so I downloaded the file from rpm.pbone.net
cd /usr/local/src/
wget ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/atrpms.net/f15-x86_64/atrpms/stable/chkfontpath-1.10.1-2.fc15.x86_64.rpm
yum localinstall –nogpgcheck chkfontpath-1.10.1-2.fc15.x86_64.rpm

yum localinstall –nogpgcheck msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
Running Transaction
Installing : msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch 1/1

Installed:
msttcorefonts.noarch 0:2.0-1

Complete!

By: mirul

mirul — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:17:34 +0000

there are 2 dash for nogpgcheck

–nogpgcheck not -nogpgcheck

By: ABCABC

ABCABC — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:33:31 +0000

yum install ttmkfdir is required now also on fedora

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By: Sergio

Sergio — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:30:23 +0000

Sorry, I forgot to remind you to undo the change in the yum configuration file once you have your fonts installed (i.e, restore the 1 in the gpgcheck line).

By: Sergio

Sergio — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:28:33 +0000

I have followed the instructions and successfully installed the fonts in my Acer Aspire One netbook.

The last command, however, requires a previous tweaking. First you have to open the yum configuration file as root:

sudo mousepad /etc/yum.conf

Then change the line containing “gpgcheck=1″ replacing the 1 by a 0 (zero). Save file.

Now you can proceed to the last command. By the way, the command you have to type to update the font cache is

sudo fc-cache -f -v

That should be enough!

By: iceolate

iceolate — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:57:18 +0000

For anyone that’s interested, it’s available in the FreeBSD ports under

/usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:38:33 +0000

Thanks I can confirm it work on my aspire one after a reboot.

I had to change the –nogpgcheck to –nogpgcheck to get the last 2 statements to work however

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:38:33 +0000

Thanks I can confirm it work on my aspire one after a reboot.

I had to change the â€“nogpgcheck to –nogpgcheck to get the last 2 statements to work however

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