On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 21:03, Gerry Tool wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:53, Michael Fratoni wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:17 pm, Gerry Tool wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:00, Neil Hodge wrote: > > > > Check out > > > > > > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/core*.sh > > > > > > Thanks, that did it. However, while messing around, I found that when > > > I tried to install the downloaded rpms a second time, it told me they > > > were already installed. Then when using rpm -e to uninstall them, rpm > > > replies that they are not installed. Do you know what causes this > > > behavior in rpm? If I want to remove these rpms, what do I need to do? > > > > What command did you use, exactly, to try the uninstall? > > 'rpm -e xf86-corefonts' should work, while 'rpm -e > > xf86-corefonts-0.1-5.noarch.rpm', or variations on that will not. > > > > The rpms work here, and I can't duplicate this behavior. The > > xf86-corefonts package installs the actual MS font files and the install > > script. The fonts are extracted and made available to the system via the > > install script. Uninstalling the package removes the script, the MS > > font.exe files, and the docs. If you have run the install script, > > uninstalling the package does not remove the installed fonts. The > > installed fonts will be found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/ > > > > Hope that helps, > > - -- > > - -Michael > > Yes, that was the problem. I don't use the rpm command line often > enough to remember to stop the name of the package before the version > number. As I replied to you in another branch, all is now working fine > - thanks for responding.
I discovered that I do still have a couple of problems. I found the fonts in OpenOffice Writer, but don't find them in Kword or as choices in gedit or mozilla. Also, executing rpm -e xf86-corefonts without the version number starts to execute but hangs and never completes. I have to kill -9 to get the process to stop. I see that Jim Hayward has added a note to one of Michael Fratoni's other posts that might explain the fonts not showing up. I'll try to copy the fonts to the ~/.fonts directory. -- gerry _____ 0/0 /__
