Unable to install ttf-mscorefonts in Xubuntu 16.04's LibreOffice
I really need the Times New Roman font in LibreOffice so this what I did:
I got this: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer in Synaptic. Then I didn't have the fonts in LO so I ran this: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts Still didn't have them, so I ran: sudo apt-get --reinstall install msttcorefonts and sudo apt-get --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer and I still don't have them. Please help me install this. (I really need the Times New Roman font in Libreoffice.) Thanks. |
Gregg,
Try this again and make sure you agree to the EULA by pressing the Tab key (above Caps Lock), then using Arrow key to select Yes and press Enter. Code:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2347693 |
Have you tried closing LibreOffice and relaunching it again since installing the fonts? Failing that, logging out and logging in again? Failing that, rebooting?
If you still don't have the fonts in LibreOffice, enter the following on the command line and paste the output: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer Can I just point out for the future that if you had pasted the output here from all the commands you mentioned that you ran above, it would have been very useful in pinpointing the problem. Merely saying that a command hasn't worked doesn't give us that much information. Cheers. |
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gregory@gregory-GA-A55M-DS2:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer |
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Rockin, I'm glad it worked! If you would, please mark this thread as "SOLVED." :) Regards... |
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Anyway, please run: sudo apt-get update followed by sudo apt-get upgrade to update the software on your system, and paste here any errors that may occur. |
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Does running the upgrade fix the errors pretty much? Thanks. http://pastebin.com/dTiA2QQG https://hastebin.com/ebapomutil.sql P.S. Should I repeat the process (of running those two commands) on my other computer? |
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The only error I see is a possible one with your sources ("AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.") but we can look at that later. Can you now please reboot your system (there have been kernel changes) and, if all goes ok, run sudo apt-get autoremove and paste the output here. |
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Hastebin: https://hastebin.com/wafazomuya.sql Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/9tGjenTq |
That looks great, thanks Gregg.
Just a note for the future. Partly to avoid all these orphaned dependencies (dependencies that were installed because they are required by a package but which are no longer needed because that package has since been removed), I use sudo apt-get --purge autoremove package every time I want to remove a package that I no longer need. What this command does is to (i) remove the package, (ii) remove the package's system configuration files (--purge), and (iii) remove any orphaned dependencies remaining on the system from whatever package. This keeps things nice and clean. What you should note however is that it doesn't remove any user configuration files that may have been created in your home directory (possibly hidden with a . as the first letter of the filename). It is up to you to remove these manually if you want to (but you have to be fairly certain what you're doing - I tend to not worry about these as they will disappear when I do a fresh install every couple of years). If you're still up for this mini-journey, there are some other things we can do, including purging all the package system configuration files that remain on your system, but first, to see what the current situation is, can you please paste the output from: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade I may seem a bit anal about this, but if you keep on top of updates, you can avoid a great deal of problems. You don't want to see any errors or warnings for sudo apt-get update, and here's what you want to see every time after sudo-apt upgrade (unless you have intentionally held back any packages i.e. told apt that you don't want them considered for updating, which you haven't): Code:
Reading package lists... Done |
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