If you've scrolled this far down: I recommend scrolling back up to post #21 by Laurent. His solution works. Ubuntu Karmic Koala seems to (within its first weeks of use) have a slow connection to the Internet's DNS server. And the time out is too short thereby messing up the installation of these essential MS core fonts.
If you've scrolled this far down: I recommend scrolling back up to post #21 by Laurent. His solution works. Ubuntu Karmic Koala seems to (within its first weeks of use) have a slow connection to the Internet's DNS server. And the time out is too short thereby messing up the installation of these essential MS core fonts.