installing msttcorefonts on ubuntu
Solution 1:
This seems to have changed in karmic. There is no package msttcorefonts
anymore.
Use the package ttf-mscorefonts-installer
from the Multiverse repository instead.
How to enable the Mutliverse repository see here.
Then install with:
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Technically speaking the package doesn't contain the fonts, but rather automatically downloads and installs them - hence the name change.
Solution 2:
Update for year 2015:
Add this to (or uncomment in) /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security multiverse
Then run this:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
Solution 3:
Enabling the multiverse (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu) and then installing with msttcorefonts worked for me:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
ttf-mscorefonts-installer isn't in the multiverse either