none of any solution mentioned satisfy me here :(
but i managed to download the fonts using a combined solution, using post #21,
sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/info/ttf-mscorefonts-installer.postinst
then replace all codings in it with this
#!/bin/bash
#Version: 1.0 #Info: Bash script to install mscorefonts without using #currently broken ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.0) for #Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (date: 03/11/09)
#Author: Jonathan K. #Website: http://www.friendlytechninja.vndv.com #Email: <email address hidden>
#License: This is free to use and distribute (for free only) as long as #credit is given to original author.
#Create temp and mscorefonts dir sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts mkdir /tmp/mscorefonts cd /tmp/mscorefonts
#Download links wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/comic32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/courie32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/georgi32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/impact32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/times32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/trebuc32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/verdan32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/webdin32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1
#Extract all .tff files cabextract *.exe -F*.ttf -L
#Rename files and move files sudo cp andalemo.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Andale_Mono.ttf sudo cp ariali.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Italic.ttf sudo cp arialbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Bold.ttf sudo cp arialbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp arial.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial.ttf sudo cp ariblk.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Black.ttf sudo cp comicbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS_Bold.ttf sudo cp comic.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS.ttf sudo cp cour.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New.ttf sudo cp courbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New_Bold.ttf sudo cp courbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp couri.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New_Italic.ttf sudo cp georgiaz.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp georgiab.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia_Bold.ttf sudo cp georgiai.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia_Italic.ttf sudo cp georgia.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia.ttf sudo cp impact.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Impact.ttf sudo cp times.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman.ttf sudo cp timesbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Bold.ttf sudo cp timesbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp timesi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Italic.ttf sudo cp trebuc.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS.ttf sudo cp trebucbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS_Bold.ttf sudo cp trebucbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp trebucit.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS_Italic.ttf sudo cp verdanab.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana_Bold.ttf sudo cp verdanai.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana_Italic.ttf sudo cp verdanaz.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp verdana.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana.ttf sudo cp webdings.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Webdings.ttf
#Clean up cd ~ rm -r /tmp/mscorefonts
and sudo dpkg --configure -a
voila
none of any solution mentioned satisfy me here :(
but i managed to download the fonts using a combined solution, using post #21,
sudo gedit /var/lib/ dpkg/info/ ttf-mscorefonts -installer. postinst
then replace all codings in it with this
#!/bin/bash
#Version: 1.0 -installer (3.0) for
#Info: Bash script to install mscorefonts without using
#currently broken ttf-mscorefonts
#Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (date: 03/11/09)
#Author: Jonathan K. www.friendlytec hninja. vndv.com
#Website: http://
#Email: <email address hidden>
#License: This is free to use and distribute (for free only) as long as
#credit is given to original author.
#Create temp and mscorefonts dir fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts
sudo mkdir /usr/share/
mkdir /tmp/mscorefonts
cd /tmp/mscorefonts
#Download links sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/andale32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/arial32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/arialb32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/comic32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/courie32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/georgi32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/impact32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/times32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/trebuc32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/verdan32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1 sourceforge. net/projects/ corefonts/ files/the% 20fonts/ final/webdin32. exe/download? use_mirror= cdnetworks- kr-1
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#Extract all .tff files
cabextract *.exe -F*.ttf -L
#Rename files and move files fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Andale_ Mono.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Arial_Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Arial_Bold. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Arial_Bold_ Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Arial.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Arial_Black. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Comic_Sans_ MS_Bold. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Comic_Sans_ MS.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Courier_ New.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Courier_ New_Bold. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Courier_ New_Bold_ Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Courier_ New_Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Georgia_ Bold_Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Georgia_ Bold.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Georgia_ Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Georgia. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Impact. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Times_New_ Roman.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Times_New_ Roman_Bold. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Times_New_ Roman_Bold_ Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Times_New_ Roman_Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Trebuchet_ MS.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Trebuchet_ MS_Bold. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Trebuchet_ MS_Bold_ Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Trebuchet_ MS_Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Verdana_ Bold.ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Verdana_ Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Verdana_ Bold_Italic. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Verdana. ttf fonts/truetype/ mscorefonts/ Webdings. ttf
sudo cp andalemo.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp ariali.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp arialbd.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp arialbi.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp arial.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp ariblk.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp comicbd.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp comic.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp cour.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp courbd.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp courbi.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp couri.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp georgiaz.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp georgiab.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp georgiai.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp georgia.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp impact.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp times.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp timesbd.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp timesbi.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp timesi.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp trebuc.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp trebucbd.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp trebucbi.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp trebucit.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp verdanab.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp verdanai.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp verdanaz.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp verdana.ttf /usr/share/
sudo cp webdings.ttf /usr/share/
#Clean up
cd ~
rm -r /tmp/mscorefonts
and sudo dpkg --configure -a
voila