Microsoft TrueType core fonts installation helper for Fedora 15 Lovelock (and above)
This page provides a bash script for an easier installation of the Microsoft TrueType core web fonts. I think it is useful because the MS core web fonts are not included in the main repositories (licensing issues). And IMHO, it is a bit extreme to install rpm-build plus create a package just to install a few fonts. See the main article for details:
Open a terminal and run the following commands to download and execute it (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"
- install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh
#!/bin/bash ################################################################################ # Microsoft TrueType core fonts installation helper for Fedora Linux # # This script is installing the fonts without any untrustworthy 3rd-party RPMs # or build-hazzle. I think it is useful because the MS core web fonts are not # included in the main repositories (licensing issues). And (IMHO), it is a bit # extreme to build a package on your own just to install a few fonts. This # script is inspired by # <http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec>. # # Tested on the following Fedora versions: # - Fedora 15 Lovelock # # I don't have the time to test *every* version out there. Therefore it does not # mean that this script does not work if your version is not listed above. Just # try it out and check for an update of this script after a new version of # Fedora is released: # <http://blog.andreas-haerter.com/2011/07/01/install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh> # # Usage: # 1) Call this script with SUPERUSER privileges (->su -c, sudo ...) # 2) If something fails, correct the thing which prevents the successful # execution and call it again. This script is designed in a way that # re-calling it should be no problem. # # Please note that the yum/RPM database is bypassed, so you can't uninstall # the fonts by using "yum erase/remove". But you may run the following commands # to get rid of the fonts: # 1) su -c 'rm -rf "/usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts/"' # 2) fc-cache -fv # # Please read the MS end user license agreement (<http://j.mp/iAUdxT>, Mirror: # <http://j.mp/kt8uiE>) for all the rules that govern the use of the fonts. # Anyone can download and install these fonts for their own use but there are # some things to follow. See the mentioned EULA and/or Microsoft's permissions # site and/or <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web> for details. # # # LICENSE: This file (NOT THE FONTS) is open source software (OSS) and may be # copied under certain conditions. See the links below for details or # try to contact the author(s) of this file in doubt. # # @author Andreas Haerter <development@andreas-haerter.com> # @copyright 2011, Andreas Haerter # @license GPLv2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl2.html) # @license New/3-clause BSD (http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) # @link http://blog.andreas-haerter.com/2011/07/01/install-microsoft-core-fonts-on-fedora # @link http://blog.andreas-haerter.com/2011/07/01/install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh # @link http://andreas-haerter.com # @link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web # @link http://corefonts.sourceforge.net # @version 2011-07-01 ################################################################################ ################################################################################ # Configuration ################################################################################ #Download mirrors MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[(${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]})]="http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/" MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[(${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]})]="http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/" MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[(${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]})]="http://dfn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/" MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[(${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]})]="http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/" MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[(${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]})]="http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/" #Files to download + checksums MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="andale32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="cbdc2fdd7d2ed0832795e86a8b9ee19a" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="c4db8cbe42c566d12468f5fdad38c43721844c69" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="0524fe42951adc3a7eb870e32f0920313c71f170c859b5f770d82b4ee111e970" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="arial32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="9637df0e91703179f0723ec095a36cb5" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="6d75f8436f39ab2da5c31ce651b7443b4ad2916e" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="85297a4d146e9c87ac6f74822734bdee5f4b2a722d7eaa584b7f2cbf76f478f6" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="arialb32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="c9089ae0c3b3d0d8c4b0a95979bb9ff0" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="d45cdab84b7f4c1efd6d1b369f50ed0390e3d344" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="a425f0ffb6a1a5ede5b979ed6177f4f4f4fdef6ae7c302a7b7720ef332fec0a8" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="comic32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="2b30de40bb5e803a0452c7715fc835d1" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="2371d0327683dcc5ec1684fe7c275a8de1ef9a51" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="9c6df3feefde26d4e41d4a4fe5db2a89f9123a772594d7f59afd062625cd204e" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="courie32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="4e412c772294403ab62fb2d247d85c60" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="06a745023c034f88b4135f5e294fece1a3c1b057" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="bb511d861655dde879ae552eb86b134d6fae67cb58502e6ff73ec5d9151f3384" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="georgi32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="4d90016026e2da447593b41a8d8fa8bd" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="90e4070cb356f1d811acb943080bf97e419a8f1e" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="2c2c7dcda6606ea5cf08918fb7cd3f3359e9e84338dc690013f20cd42e930301" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="impact32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="7907c7dd6684e9bade91cff82683d9d7" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="86b34d650cfbbe5d3512d49d2545f7509a55aad2" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="6061ef3b7401d9642f5dfdb5f2b376aa14663f6275e60a51207ad4facf2fccfb" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="times32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="ed39c8ef91b9fb80f76f702568291bd5" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="20b79e65cdef4e2d7195f84da202499e3aa83060" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="db56595ec6ef5d3de5c24994f001f03b2a13e37cee27bc25c58f6f43e8f807ab" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="trebuc32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="0d7ea16cac6261f8513a061fbfcdb2b5" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="50aab0988423efcc9cf21fac7d64d534d6d0a34a" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="5a690d9bb8510be1b8b4fe49f1f2319651fe51bbe54775ddddd8ef0bd07fdac9" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="webdin32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="230a1d13a365b22815f502eb24d9149b" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="2fb4a42c53e50bc70707a7b3c57baf62ba58398f" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="64595b5abc1080fba8610c5c34fab5863408e806aafe84653ca8575bed17d75a" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="verdan32.exe" MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="12d2a75f8156e10607be1eaa8e8ef120" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="f5b93cedf500edc67502f116578123618c64a42a" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="c1cb61255e363166794e47664e2f21af8e3a26cb6346eb8d2ae2fa85dd5aad96" MSTTF_DLFILES[(${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]})]="wd97vwr32.exe" #contains tahoma in Vierwer1.cab MSTTF_CHKMD5[(${#MSTTF_CHKMD5[@]})]="efa72d3ed0120a07326ce02f051e9b42" MSTTF_CHKSHA1[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA1[@]})]="8edf758f92513094a94e50b7826cd6f2b7696b8c" MSTTF_CHKSHA256[(${#MSTTF_CHKSHA256[@]})]="f61126a6d17b2d126a7f31b142504dce4934f7989c55f1c13c6477b3fe80b3d2" #target path MSTTF_INSTTARGETDIR="/usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts" ################################################################################ # Process ################################################################################ #welcome user clear echo "###############################################################################" echo "# Microsoft TTF Core Fonts installation helper" echo "# Found OS: $(cat /etc/fedora-release)" echo "#" echo "# Have a look at <http://corefonts.sourceforge.net> and/or" echo "# <http://blog.andreas-haerter.com/2011/07/01/install-msttcorefonts-fedora.sh>" echo "# for more information." echo "#" echo "# Please read the end user license agreement (EULA) (<http://j.mp/iAUdxT>, " echo "# <http://j.mp/kt8uiE>) and/or Microsoft's permissions site and/or" echo "# <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web> for details and" echo "# font copying plus license information." echo "#" echo "# Note: internet connection is mandatory!" echo "###############################################################################" #check: are we root? if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ] then echo "" echo "Superuser privileges needed. E.g. call this script using 'su -c'." 1>&2 exit 1 fi echo -n "Start? [y|n]: " read INPUT if [ ! "${INPUT}" == "y" ] && [ ! "${INPUT}" == "Y" ] && [ ! "${INPUT}" == "j" ] && [ ! "${INPUT}" == "J" ] then echo "Operation canceled by user" exit 0 fi #check if required tools are installed echo "" echo "Checking if all helper programs are available (this may take some time)..." hash wget > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "wget is missing, trying to install it..." yum -y install wget if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not install missing wget" 1>&2 exit 1 fi fi hash cabextract > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "cabextract is missing, trying to install it..." yum -y install cabextract if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not install missing cabextract" 1>&2 exit 1 fi fi hash ttmkfdir > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "ttmkfdir is missing, trying to install it..." yum -y install ttmkfdir if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not install missing ttmkfdir" 1>&2 exit 1 fi fi echo "All needed programs found. Let's go!" echo "" #Download MSTTF_TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d "/tmp/msttf.XXXXXXXXXXXXX") #prevent symlink race condition... RND=${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]} #we need this temp var, [@] would not work (-> subshell problem: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/subshells.html#PARVIS) RND=$((RANDOM % ${RND})) MSTTF_DLMIRROR=${MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[${RND}]} echo "Setting download mirror to ${MSTTF_DLMIRROR}" echo "" DLTRY=0 for ((i=0; i < ${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]}; i++)) do echo "Downloading '${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}'..." mkdir -p "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}" > /dev/null 2>&1 wget -nv --timeout=30 "${MSTTF_DLMIRROR}${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}" -O "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}" if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Download failed, trying another mirror..." RND=${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]} #we need this temp var, [@] would not work (-> subshell problem: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/subshells.html#PARVIS) RND=$((RANDOM % ${RND})) MSTTF_DLMIRROR=${MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[${RND}]} echo "Setting download mirror to ${MSTTF_DLMIRROR}" sleep 3 wget -nv --timeout=90 "${MSTTF_DLMIRROR}${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}" -O "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}" if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Download of ${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]} failed again, please check your connection and try again." 1>&2 #clean up rm --preserve-root -rf "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/" > /dev/null 2>&1 exit 1 fi fi echo "Download was successful, checking file..." MSTTF_TMPMD5=$(md5sum "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}") MSTTF_TMPMD5=$(basename ${MSTTF_TMPMD5}) MSTTF_TMPSHA1=$(sha1sum "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}") MSTTF_TMPSHA1=$(basename ${MSTTF_TMPSHA1}) MSTTF_TMPSHA256=$(sha256sum "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}") MSTTF_TMPSHA256=$(basename ${MSTTF_TMPSHA256}) if [ ! "${MSTTF_TMPMD5}" == "${MSTTF_CHKMD5[${i}]}" ] || [ ! "${MSTTF_TMPSHA1}" == "${MSTTF_CHKSHA1[${i}]}" ] || [ ! "${MSTTF_TMPSHA256}" == "${MSTTF_CHKSHA256[${i}]}" ] then echo "${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]} is corrupted, trying again (using random mirror)..." RND=${#MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[@]} #we need this temp var, [@] would not work (-> subshell problem: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/subshells.html#PARVIS) RND=$((RANDOM % ${RND})) MSTTF_DLMIRROR=${MSTTF_DLMIRRORS[${RND}]} echo "Setting download mirror to ${MSTTF_DLMIRROR}." sleep 3 let DLTRY=${DLTRY}+1 if [ ${DLTRY} -gt 1 ] then echo "${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]} is corrupted again, please check your connection and try again." 1>&2 echo "Expected MD5: ${MSTTF_CHKMD5[${i}]}" 1>&2 echo "Found MD5: ${MSTTF_TMPMD5}" 1>&2 echo "Expected SHA1: ${MSTTF_CHKSHA1[${i}]}" 1>&2 echo "Found SHA1: ${MSTTF_TMPSHA1}" 1>&2 echo "Expected SHA256: ${MSTTF_CHKSHA256[${i}]}" 1>&2 echo "Found SHA256: ${MSTTF_TMPSHA256}" 1>&2 #clean up rm --preserve-root -rf "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/" > /dev/null 2>&1 exit 1 fi let i=${i}-1 else echo "${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]} is OK, going on." DLTRY=0 fi echo "" done #extract mkdir -p "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/archive-contents" > /dev/null 2>&1 mkdir -p "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/fonts" > /dev/null 2>&1 cd "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}" for ((i=0; i < ${#MSTTF_DLFILES[@]}; i++)) do cabextract --lowercase --directory="${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/archive-contents" "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}" if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not extract contents of '${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/${MSTTF_DLFILES[${i}]}'." 1>&2 exit 1 fi done #wd97vwr32.exe contains tahoma within Vierwer1.cab cabextract --lowercase --directory="${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/archive-contents" "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/archive-contents/viewer1.cab" if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not extract contents of '${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/archive-contents/viewer1.cab'." 1>&2 exit 1 fi cp "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/archive-contents/"*.ttf "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/fonts" if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "It seems that there are no TTF files in '${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/archive-contents/'?!" 1>&2 exit 1 fi #ttmkfdir is a tool to create valid and complete fonts.dir files from TrueType fonts echo "Creating fonts.dir and font.scale file..." cd "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/fonts" ttmkfdir > fonts.dir if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not create fonts.dir and font.scale." 1>&2 exit 1 fi echo "Installing fonts..." mkdir -p "${MSTTF_INSTTARGETDIR}" > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not create '${MSTTF_INSTTARGETDIR}' dir." 1>&2 exit 1 fi cp -f "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/fonts/"*.ttf "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/fonts/fonts.dir" "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/fonts/fonts.scale" "${MSTTF_INSTTARGETDIR}" if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Could not copy needed files into '${MSTTF_INSTTARGETDIR}'." 1>&2 exit 1 else echo "SUCCESS. Fonts installed." echo "" fi #clean up rm --preserve-root -rf "${MSTTF_TMPDIR}/" > /dev/null 2>&1 echo "Re-building the system's font cache now..." fc-cache -fv if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Updating the system's font cache failed. However, the fonts were installed" 1>&2 echo "successfully. You may try to update the cache by yourtself with 'fc-cache -fv'" 1>&2 exit 1 fi #finished echo "" echo "" echo "###############################################################################" echo "# Font installation done." echo "###############################################################################" echo "You should reboot to make everything work as expected." echo -n "Reboot now ? [y|n]: " read INPUT if [ "${INPUT}" == "y" ] || [ "${INPUT}" == "Y" ] || [ "${INPUT}" == "j" ] || [ "${INPUT}" == "J" ] then echo "" echo "!!!System will reboot in 5 seconds. Press CTRL+C to prevent this!!!" echo "" sleep 5 reboot exit 0 fi exit 0
Copying/License
The source code of the script is dual-licensed under GPLv2 and New/3-clause BSD. Please read the end user license agreement (Mirror) for all the rules that govern the use of the fonts. Anyone can download and install these fonts for their own use but there are some things to follow. See the mentioned EULA and/or Microsoft's permissions site and/or Wikipedia for details.
