I'm getting Ubuntu 14.04 up on a new machine. I tried installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer using the Ubuntu Software Center. A note says that I should be using fonts-liberation instead because, "It's better to use those instead unless you specifically need one of the other fonts from this package." Well, my work must be done using Times New Roman, and must be submitted in a .doc file. So, as I have done with previous Ubuntus, told it to install.
The first problem is that the license agreement comes up behind the Ubuntu Software Center window, so one doesn't see it. I was doing some other things in the room and didn't pay attention when I killed Ubuntu Software Center and found the licenses window. I clicked to okay the license, but it was probably too late. I restarted Ubuntu Software Center, went back to the install screen, clicked on More Info and saw: > It doesn't install properly on Software Center (Ubuntu 14.04) > Probably is because the terms and conditions must be accepted. > From terminal installs fine and the terms acceptance appears, just > type in the terminal.. > sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer When I tried that I found that I had messed things up earlier and dpkg can't do the install because of a lock issue. I got the following message: > rsteff@Enu-1:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure > -a' to correct the problem. > rsteff@Enu-1:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo dpkg --configure -a > rsteff@Enu-1:/var/lib/dpkg$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already the newest version. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: > Resource temporarily unavailable) > E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/ > rsteff@Enu-1:/var/lib/dpkg$ Recommendations on what to do next are appreciated. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
