Fresh install to an external drive of Ubuntu MATE last night and it is excellent. But I have one issue. Microsoft fonts will not install. I tried installing them from the ‘extras’ package and that did not work, neither would directly installing them via the terminal work. Here is the pop up window:
Failure to download extra data files
The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed.
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection.
I need those fonts and appreciate any help.
Thanks.
It talks about Windoze 8.1 but 10 works as well. I got all Windoze fonts this way. I’m not an avid fan of MS fonts but some programs I use, especially KeePass2, simply has empty squares in the window title. It’s not always the case. I didn’t have this issue with 14.04, but with 16.04 it reappeared.
I use the Java PPA from WebUp8 and maybe next time I don’t select the option to download MS fonts. I wonder if we still have the option.
Again, if you can live with the occasional pop-up window, leave it as is and let it be fixed with an update. I tend to break things when I try to fix them by myself
