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SwedBo

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From: Riga, Latvia

Registered: 2010-04-28

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[ SOLVED ] ttf-ms-fonts - where did it go and how do I install it ?

error: 'ttf-ms-fonts': could not find or read package

Why on earth someone would have removed it ?

Anyway, the question is .. how do I install it without pacman ?

Last edited by SwedBo (2010-12-06 14:26:48)

wonder

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Re: [ SOLVED ] ttf-ms-fonts - where did it go and how do I install it ?

it was in extra since couples of days ago when it was moved in aur

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skunktrader

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Registered: 2010-02-14

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Re: [ SOLVED ] ttf-ms-fonts - where did it go and how do I install it ?

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13030

Allan

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Re: [ SOLVED ] ttf-ms-fonts - where did it go and how do I install it ?

Why on earth someone would have removed it?

Because restrictions on how we could distribute the files meant the package was a hack and the files were not actually managed by pacman.  Much better for this to be maintained in the AUR.  The are plenty of good free fonts.

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SwedBo

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Re: [ SOLVED ] ttf-ms-fonts - where did it go and how do I install it ?

Thank you

Ben9250

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Re: [ SOLVED ] ttf-ms-fonts - where did it go and how do I install it ?

I believe there are also several versions now in the AUR of ms-fonts, and a few wouldn't work well - or appear in the font menus in open office.

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