This command downloads the VistaFonts-Installer script and runs it. Next, copy-and-paste or type the following command into the terminal and press Enter. fonts directory if you don’t do this first. The script will complain that you don’t have a.

fonts and press Enter to create the fonts directory the script requires. If you installed the Microsoft core fonts using the command above, this should already be installed.

If you haven’t yet installed the TrueType core fonts, you’ll need to run the sudo apt-get install cabextract command to install the cabextract utility on your system.

The installer will download the fonts onto your system and configure them so they’re immediately available to applications like LibreOffice and OpenOffice. Press Tab to select the OK button and press Enter to accept Microsoft’s license agreement. When the license agreement appears, use the arrow and Page Down/Page Up keys to scroll through it. Type your password when prompted and press Enter again. Sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer This command asks for administrator access (sudo) before launching the package manager (apt-get) and telling it to download and install (install) the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package:

Type or copy-and-paste the following command into the terminal and press Enter. Click the Ubuntu icon on the dock, search for “Terminal,” and click the terminal shortcut. Don’t worry! This is easy.įirst, open a terminal. If you try to install this package from the Ubuntu Software Center, the Software Center will freeze-you need to use the terminal so you can accept Microsoft’s License agreement. Unfortunately, you can’t install it from the Ubuntu Software Center on modern versions of Ubuntu like Ubuntu 14.04. This package can be easily installed on Ubuntu.

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