Installing Microsoft TrueType fonts on Linux: |
These instructions are for RedHat 7.3-9.0 and current Fedora Core RPM based distribution running on x86 compatable hardware. Downloads and in-depth instructions for other platforms can be found at CoreFonts.sourceforge.net.
Follow these steps to build an RPM (as root):
- Download: cabextract-0.6-1.i386.rpm
- Install RPM: rpm -ivh cabextract-0.6-1.i386.rpm
- Download: msttcorefonts-1.3-4.spec
- Create RPM: rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-1.3-4.spec
(This downloads Microsoft CAB files and extracts the fonts and builds an RPM. Uses wget, rpm-build, chkfontpath, fc-cache, ttmkfdir) - This creates /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm
Installing RPM: msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm
- rpm -ivh msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm
- Restart X server:
- RedHat 9.0 - Fedora Core: /sbin/service xfs reload
- RedHat 8.0: /sbin/service xfs restart