Short tip: Install Microsoft fonts under Enterprise Linux

calendar Nov 14, 2014 · 1 min read · kurztipp  ·
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Some applications still require Microsoft fonts under Linux. Some Linux distros dropped those fonts because of license difficulties. Microsoft offers those fonts for free but redistributing them is prohibited by the used license. Debian-based distros offer a package msttcorefonts-installer which downloads and extracts the fonts during the installation.

This requires an internet connection which isn't always possible - especially in data centers. A possible solution is to manually create a RPM package that includes all fonts. On Sourceforge there is a spec file for this - using this file it is possible to create a software package on a system with internet connection:

1# yum install rpm-build rpmdevtools
2# wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec
3# rpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.5-1.spec

Afterwards you will find a RPM package under rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch that can be installed on other systems.

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