MS Fonts offline

[Fred Roller]

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 11:09 -0700, Ronnie wrote:
> 
> >>Is there any to load MS fonts on Ubuntu 9.04 offline<<
> 
> 	I found this wiki to be very helpful
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts
> 
> Basically, you first install msttcorefonts from the repository (if you
> do a search in Synaptic, you can see if it's already installed, if not,
> install it), and from there, you can custom add fonts as you like. 
> 
> I tend do a lot of work with fonts, so I'm constantly adding more, and I
> created a folder named "custom" under /usr/share/fonts to add my
> specially added fonts, so I can easily back them up and move them from
> computer to computer as I need.
> 
> 
> -- 
> ~Ronnie
> "Remember, in the battle between the rock and the river, the river
> always wins, because the river just keeps at it."
> 
> 

I am assuming the system in question does not have internet access.
This being the case, from a system which does have download capability
go to the following site:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/uk/intrepid/all/msttcorefonts/download

Download msttcorefonts_2.5_all.deb or the latest version to a thumbdrive
or some other medium.  Its only about 31k.  Return to the isolated
system and insert the disk.  Double click the file and an installer
should start.  Hope this helps.


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Fred R.
www.fwrgallery.com

"Life is like Linux, simple.  If you are fighting it, you are doing
something wrong."