2011-07-01 // Install Microsoft TTF core fonts on Fedora without using a RPM package

When Fedora 15 Lovelock was just a few days old, the generally known commands to build an appropriate package did not work.1) Therefore (and because I think it is a bit extreme to create a package just to get some fonts), I wrote install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh to make the font installation faster and easier. There is a high probability that this script will never be useful to someone else than myself. But you never know. If you want to use it:

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Run the following commands to download and start the script (copy and paste recommended): 
    wget "http://blog.andreas-haerter.com/_export/code/2011/07/01/install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh?codeblock=1" -O "/tmp/install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh"
chmod a+rx "/tmp/install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh"
su -c "/tmp/install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh"

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1) At least for me. There were buildprereq and prereq errors. However, it seems to work in the meantime.
2011-07-01 @ 02:03 | written by Andreas Haerter
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Kevin Kofler
No. 1 @ 2011/07/01 11:47

What's wrong with the metrically compatible Liberation fonts?

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Andreas Haerter
No. 2 @ 2011/07/01 12:38

@Kevin Kofler: Well, nothing for self-created documents. But there are tons of external, third-party documents and websites to display. And I want to be able to view them correctly (=without fallbacks, wrong fonts and stuff). What are you doing when e.g. a website is using Arial only … or am I missing something?

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pjoul
No. 3 @ 2011/07/03 13:08

Great howto - works without any problem. Thanks a lot.

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Stephe
No. 4 @ 2011/07/14 15:33

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I've been looking for a way to get these since I upgraded. I still have problems with the terminal, and unless I see a command explicitly written out - - including which directory to run it from and how to get there - - I'm lost. You've saved me a lot of grief.

As to why I need the Core fonts, I taking some graduate courses, and the Profs, to a one, demand that I use Times New Roman in my papers. I've been dinged several times - - until I found and downloaded the cores in 14, and now I have them in 15, again!!!

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Tinko
No. 6 @ 2011/07/27 10:09

Thank you very much for this script!

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Albireo
No. 7 @ 2011/08/25 17:59

Thank you this worked great!!! You were really helpful! Keep up the good work :)

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D_Koontz
No. 8 @ 2011/09/17 02:18

Thank you very much. I just started using Fedora, and I don't have the technical knowledge to build my own rpm to install the fonts. I ran this script and it worked flawlessly. Exceptionally helpful, saving me a great deal of time.

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Headshot
No. 9 @ 2011/09/19 16:40

tq very much :)

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nick
No. 10 @ 2011/11/15 19:14

this worked great! thanks a lot!

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Chris
No. 11 @ 2012/02/08 15:59

Worked great! Thanks!

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Sialthuong
No. 12 @ 2012/02/28 03:53

Hi,

This is great for noob like me. Tks a lot.

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Pavlina
No. 13 @ 2012/03/14 08:23

Thanks a lot!

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