Step 1. Fire up the terminal and type sudo apt-get install cabextract
Step 2. Make a file in home folder using the folowing command:
sudo gedit /home/vista-fonts-installer.sh
Step 3. type the following script in the file but open the file using the sudo command that was used to make it because the root permissions are not available in graphical user interface:
sudo gedit /home/vista-fonts-installer.sh
and paste the following:
#!/bin/bash
# Copyright (c) 2007 Aristotle Pagaltzis
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to
# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
# IN THE SOFTWARE.
set -e
exists() { which “$1” &> /dev/null ; }
if ! [ -d ~/.fonts ] ; then
exec 2>&1
echo ‘There is no .fonts directory in your home.’
echo ‘Is fontconfig set up for privately installed fonts?’
exit 1
fi
# split up to keep the download command short
DL_HOST=download.microsoft.com
DL_PATH=download/f/5/a/f5a3df76-d856-4a61-a6bd-722f52a5be26
ARCHIVE=PowerPointViewer.exe
URL=”http://$DL_HOST/$DL_PATH/$ARCHIVE”
if ! [ -e “$ARCHIVE” ] ; then
if exists curl ; then curl -O “$URL”
elif exists wget ; then wget “$URL”
elif exists fetch ; then fetch “$URL”
fi
fi
TMPDIR=mktemp -d
trap ‘rm -rf “$TMPDIR”’ EXIT INT QUIT TERM
cabextract -L -F ppviewer.cab -d “$TMPDIR” “$ARCHIVE”
cabextract -L -F ‘*.TT[FC]‘ -d ~/.fonts “$TMPDIR/ppviewer.cab”
( cd ~/.fonts && mv cambria.ttc cambria.ttf && chmod 600
calibri{,b,i,z}.ttf cambria{,b,i,z}.ttf candara{,b,i,z}.ttf
consola{,b,i,z}.ttf constan{,b,i,z}.ttf corbel{,b,i,z}.ttf )
fc-cache -fv ~/.fonts
Now save the file. Proceed to step 4.
Step 4. make a new directory in home using the following command:
sudo mkdir /home/fonts
Step 5. Then type the following command to make the .sh filw executable
sudo chmod a+x /home/vista-fonts-installer.sh
Step 6. In the end do the following sudo:
sudo /home/vista-fonts-installer.sh