Hi Gunnar, the 17. post helped. wget the fonts and reconfigure the
package. Now it works. Thanks
Hi Hugh,
I'm not that familiar with linux, so I'm not able to understand the full
impact of installing a debian package in an Ubuntu system. I found it
too risky, so I didn't dare it on my main system. Of course I know
Ubuntu is debian derivative. It should work, but ...
Nevertheless I was curious so I tried it on a virtual machine and I got
that output:
root@pandora:~/Downloads# apt install
~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
... bla bla bla
... and a lot of output
All done, no errors.
N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file
'/root/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb' couldn't be
accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
root@pandora:~/Downloads#
An error message at the very end of a long list of accomplished
messages. Annoying! I don't understand it. I mean the required file is
in that directory and I installed it as root. Why is there a permission
problem?
On 09.12.2016 14:01, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
On 2016-12-09 13:50, Hugh Walker wrote:
No professional, but one of the easiest solutions is to use the 3.6
ttf-mscorefonts-installer package rather than the 3.4 version.
wget
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
-P ~/Downloads
will download the package to your Downloads folder, and
sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
will install the package.
That is, if you are using at least Ubuntu 16.04, if using an earlier
version install the .deb package with gdebi, Software Centre or
whatever you use to install local deb packages.
Related bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1607535
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