On 05/01/2014 05:57 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > 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. > Did you close the Software Center? You can't access the process by two different avenues.
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