Install common Windows fonts on Linux

I have built Microsofts' common true type core fonts for the web and can be downloaded from here.

Below are the steps I took to build the rpm package on FC5:

1. Install cabextract.
   

   # yum --enablerepo=extras install cabextract
   

2. Setup your rpm build environment if you have not done so already.
3. Login as rpmbuild.
   

   # su - rpmbuild
   

4. Dowload the spec file.

   $ cd rpm/SPECS
   $ wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
   

5. Build the rpm.

   $ rpmbuild --bb msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
   

6. Install the corefonts and restart xfs as root.

   # rpm -ihv /path/to/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
   # service xfs restart
   

If you are looking for more info visit, corefonts.sourceforge.net .