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In libreoffice I can't get arial or times new roman I have installed microsoft core fonts it may be a permissions issue Ubuntu 14.04

Peter
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  • Did you install the fonts with: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer ? And are you sure that the install was successful? – sboda Nov 09 '15 at 07:01
  • I think so ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already the newest version. – Peter Nov 09 '15 at 07:14
  • I tried to copy a ttf file to the truetype font directory and it said it don't have permission. I built the ubuntu pc but I don't seem to have root permissions – Peter Nov 09 '15 at 07:16
  • how do I run as root? – Peter Nov 09 '15 at 07:17
  • simply by writing sudo in front of the command. it would be sudo cp /path/of/source/font /path/of/ target/ – sboda Nov 09 '15 at 10:54
  • I copied arial.ttf to downloads in my documents I can't even ls those directories are they not actual directories ? Are they virtual? – Peter Nov 10 '15 at 07:19

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First check if the fonts were installed properly with 

fc-list | grep arial

you should get something like:

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arialbd.ttf

and some more lines.

If this is not the case, try reinstalling the fonts with:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer

You could also try to refresh the fonts cache with:

sudo fc-cache -f -v

There is a manual way of installing the fonts, described here: Installation of fonts in ubuntu 14.04

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  • That was of extreme help I can't thank you enough I have as you would be aware limited Linux command line experience thanks again – Peter Nov 12 '15 at 00:50