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Installing MS Core Fonts on Linux(Fedora)

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Download the MS Core Fonts Smart Package File
wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
Make sure that the rpm-build and cabextract packages are installed:
yum install rpm-build cabextract
Build the Core Fonts package:
rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
Install the Core Fonts package:
rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm

[tags]fonts,linux,design,install,reinstall[/tags]

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5 Responses to “Installing MS Core Fonts on Linux(Fedora)”

  • 1
    LinDesk » Install Windows Web Fonts(MS Core Fonts) in Linux
    July 14th, 2007 23:06

    [...] Install Windows Web Fonts [...]

  • 2
    kgo
    March 10th, 2008 04:36

    [root@ws ~]# rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
    error: Failed dependencies:
    /usr/sbin/chkfontpath is needed by msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch
    [root@ws-oliverp ~]# yum -y install chkfontpath

  • 3
    Dr Thangp Serto
    April 5th, 2009 12:03

    [root@Laptop big]# rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
    error: Failed build dependencies:
    /usr/bin/ttmkfdir is needed by msttcorefonts-2.0-1.src
    [root@Laptop big]# mkdir /usr/bin/ttmkfdir
    [root@Laptop big]# rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
    error: Failed build dependencies:
    /usr/bin/ttmkfdir is needed by msttcorefonts-2.0-1.src

    I am using fedora 10. want to install ms fonts. Here is my failure report

  • 4
    crow
    April 6th, 2009 00:43

    Check this to install window font:-

    http://www.fedorafaq.org/

  • 5
    Greg
    May 26th, 2009 15:39

    Just a note - if you get a connection error when doing the rpmbuild bit, it may be that the mirror no longer exists. The software picks a random mirror, so cancel (Ctrl+C) and re-try and you’ll probably find it picks a different (hopefully working) mirror and continue as expected.

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