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Script to install the original Microsoft Tahoma font on Ubuntu distros
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Author: Maxwel Leite | |
# Website: http://needforbits.wordpress.com/ | |
# Description: Script to install the original Microsoft Tahoma Regular and MS Tahoma Bold (both version 2.60) on Ubuntu distros. | |
# Dependencies: wget and cabextract | |
# Tested: Ubuntu Saucy/Trusty/Xenial/Bionic | |
output_dir="/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/" | |
tmp_dir="/tmp/ttf-ms-tahoma-installer" | |
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then | |
echo -e "You must be a root user!\nTry: sudo ./ttf-ms-tahoma-installer.sh" 2>&1 | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if ! which wget >/dev/null; then | |
echo "Error: wget is required to download the file" | |
echo "Run the following command to install it:" | |
echo "sudo apt-get install wget" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if ! which cabextract >/dev/null; then | |
echo "Error: cabextract is required to unpack the files" | |
echo "Run the following command to install it:" | |
echo "sudo apt-get install cabextract" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
file="$tmp_dir/IELPKTH.CAB" | |
mkdir -p "$tmp_dir" | |
cd "$tmp_dir" | |
err=0 | |
echo -e "\n:: Downloading IELPKTH.CAB...\n" | |
wget -O "$file" https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/OldFiles/IELPKTH.CAB | |
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
rm -f "$file" | |
echo -e "\nError: Download failed!?\n" | |
err=1 | |
else | |
echo -e "Done!\n" | |
fi | |
if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then | |
echo -n ":: Extracting... " | |
cabextract -t "$file" &> /dev/null | |
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo "Error: Can't extract. Corrupted download!?" | |
err=1 | |
else | |
cabextract -F 'tahoma*ttf' "$file" &> /dev/null | |
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo "Error: Can't extract 'tahoma.ttf' and 'tahomabd.ttf' from 'IELPKTH.CAB'. Corrupted download!?" | |
err=1 | |
else | |
echo "Done!" | |
fi | |
fi | |
fi | |
if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then | |
echo -n ":: Installing... " | |
mkdir -p "$output_dir" | |
cp -f "$tmp_dir"/*.ttf "$output_dir" &> /dev/null | |
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo "Error: Can't copy files to output directory." | |
err=1 | |
else | |
echo "Done!" | |
fi | |
fi | |
if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then | |
echo -n ":: Clean the font cache... " | |
fc-cache -f "$output_dir" &> /dev/null | |
echo "Done!" | |
fi | |
echo -n ":: Cleanup... " | |
cd - &> /dev/null | |
rm -rf "$tmp_dir" &> /dev/null | |
echo "Done!" | |
if [ $err -ne 1 ]; then | |
echo -e "\nCongratulations! Installation of ttf-ms-tahoma-installer is successful!!\n" | |
else | |
echo -e "\nSome error occurred! Please try again!!\n" | |
fi |
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Worked for me, Debian 12, now winbox64.exe shows perfectly! Thanks.