Hello Fedora Enthusiasts.
In this article I will who you how to install the Microsoft TrueType Core Fonts on Fedora 18 and Fedora 19.
1. Latest Update. Do this to install the fonts:
$ sudo rpm -i http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.2-1.noarch.rpm
2. If the previous method did not work, follow the old classic installation steps:
Download msttcorefonts-2.5.1:
$ wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec
Install rpm-build and the dependencies needed:
$ sudo yum install rpm-build cabextract ttmkfdir
Build the msttcorefonts-2.5-1.noarch.rpm package:
$ sudo rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec
Install the fonts:
$ sudo yum install /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.noarch.rpm
Can I suggest this shorter instruction?
rpm -i http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.2-1.noarch.rpm
thank you! I needed this to get silverlight to work in wine for me. now I’ve got netflix working on my fedora again 🙂
BLESS YOU! This worked for me (Fedora 18). It’s been plaguing me for a while.
Yum will manage dependencies (cabextract and libmspack packages) itself:
$ sudo yum install http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.2-1.noarch.rpm
there is even better: yum localinstall http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.2-1.noarch.rpm
as it will take care of cabextract in the process
I am a new user to fedora. Using fedora 20… When trying to install msttcore fonts 2.6.1 I got a response…
Error: failed dependencies:
Msttcorefonts<= 2.5-1 is obsoleted by msttcore-fonts-installer-2.6-1.noarch
Now I got pipelight/silver light installed no problem, but is not having msttcore going to affect me trying to install Netflix?
most likely, the fonts displayed will be very ugly.
if you are patient enough, I will write an article on how to install the msttcorefonts on fedora 20, later today 🙂
Thank you very much, comrade! It works!
Thanks for the above instructions, no need to write separate ones for Fedora 20. They still work as long as cabextract is installed first. That is a simple command though:
$ sudo yum install cabextractWorks on Fedora 22 as well if you use the rpm method above. do not try using dnf as it fails to resolve the sourceforge download addresses properly.