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Installing Ubuntu font family in Debian 7 Wheezy

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Download Ubuntu font family from http://font.ubuntu.com. Using file manager and as a user root, do:

  1. Create a directory in /usr/share/fonts/truetype named ttf-ubuntu.
  2. Using a file manager copy the *.ttf files to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-ubuntu.
Note:
- I am not sure if this is the proper way to do it but it works.
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Unknown said…
Hi, I have tried this technique, but it does not allow me to neither create a document nor to copy the files. Do you an alternative? Thank!
6/11/2013 5:55 PM
Anonymous said…
Hi, I have tried your technique, but the debian 7 wheezy root does not allow me to neither create any folder nor copy the files. Any suggestions? Thanks!
6/11/2013 5:57 PM
Flirter said…
Hi, I have tried your technique, but the debian 7 wheezy root does not allow me to neither create any folder nor copy the files. Any suggestions? Thanks!
6/11/2013 5:57 PM
Techno Scavenger said…
@Aki, could you post the error message?
6/14/2013 11:05 PM
Anonymous said…
Do "sudo nautilus" and then work your way from there.
6/26/2013 1:49 PM
Anonymous said…
After installing fonts manually, you need to update the font-cache:

fc-cache -fv

Or

sudo fc-cache -fv
10/06/2013 6:40 PM
Anonymous said…
After you install a font/s manually, you need to update the font-cache:

fc-cache -fv

Or

sudo fc-cache -fv
10/06/2013 6:42 PM
Unknown said…
Good, but is ttf, not tff ;)
10/08/2013 4:51 AM
Techno Scavenger said…
@Sullivan: Thanks updated post.
11/01/2013 12:19 AM
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