I am experiencing this too but I have some further insight into the problem:
As mentioned, gnome-font-viewer fails to install a font if it is already installed. But it ONLY fails if the filename is the same. In fact, the application fails to install if you try to install ANY font having the same filename as a previously-installed font! It makes no attempt to determine whether the same font is actually installed. It just blindly copies the file to the ~/.fonts directory when you click "Install". Steps to reproduce: 1. Clean out your ~/.fonts directory (or not, but might as well) 2. Use gnome-font-viewer to Install a font from a file, perhaps 'webfont.ttf' 3. Try to repeat step 2 Expected behavior: It should check the (internal) font name, say "Arial". If "Arial" is already installed (from any filename), it should say so. If not, it should allow a user to install the font. If the font really isn't installed yet, it should automatically rename conflicting files via a standard "append counter" sort of conflict resolution algorithm. That is, if a file called 'webfont.ttf' is already installed (but the enclosed font is not), the newly-installed font should be stored in 'webfont1.ttf', or 'webfont-2.ttf', or something along those lines. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-font-viewer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418633 Title: font viewer returns "failed" on installing of already existing font instead of "already installed" or something Status in “gnome-font-viewer” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When I open a font, Font Viewer shows an active button "Install Font", no matter is it already installed or not. If I click the button and the font is already installed, the button changes to "Install Failed". This seems confusing. It's better to check if the font is already installed right after loading preview and offer installation only if the font isn't installed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-font-viewer/+bug/418633/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
