Zorin 17.1 Pro - error installing MS Core Fonts

[bollycanuk]

When I try installing the MS Core Fonts using the method described in the Zorin docs here, the script runs but when I check the installed font using the Fonts utility I don't see them listed, even after rebooting.

I can install them if I copy the Windows TTF font files from my Windows PC and double click on the TTF files. I installed the Font Manager app and that works quite well.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the output from the terminal:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
[sudo] password for xxxx:
Hit:1 Index of /ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 Index of /ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:3 Index of /ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:4 Index of /ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:5 Index of /ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:6 Index of /stable/ jammy InRelease
Hit:7 Index of /patches/ jammy InRelease
Hit:8 Index of /zorinos/apps/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:9 Index of /apps/ jammy InRelease
Hit:10 Index of /zorinos/drivers/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:11 Index of /drivers/ jammy InRelease
Hit:12 Index of /zorinos/patches/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:13 Zorin OS Pro - Zorin OS jammy InRelease
Hit:14 Index of /zorinos/stable/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already the newest version (3.8ubuntu2).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libboost-filesystem1.74.0 libwmf0.2-7-gtk
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Then running the font cache refresh:
sudo fc-cache -f -v
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 8 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: caching, new cache contents: 89 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/X11/util: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cMap: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 5 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-cns1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-gb1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan2: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-korea1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 5 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/malayalam: caching, new cache contents: 7 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/mondulkiri: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto: caching, new cache contents: 80 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/opendyslexic: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/urw-base35: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 61 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gargi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gubbi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Nakula: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Navilu: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sahadeva: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sarai: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/abyssinica: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/comic-relief-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/croscore: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/crosextra: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 22 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-beng-extra: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-deva-extra: caching, new cache contents: 3 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-gujr-extra: caching, new cache contents: 5 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-guru-extra: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-kalapi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-orya-extra: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-telu-extra: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-yrsa-rasa: caching, new cache contents: 15 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/gelasio-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/inter-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 18 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/jetbrains-mono-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 32 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst: caching, new cache contents: 15 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst-one: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lao: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation: caching, new cache contents: 16 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation2: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/libreoffice: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-assamese: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-bengali: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-devanagari: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-gujarati: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-kannada: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-malayalam: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-oriya: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-punjabi: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil-classical: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-telugu: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/malayalam: caching, new cache contents: 10 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/michroma-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto: caching, new cache contents: 2380 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/padauk: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/pagul: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto/unhinted: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto/unhinted/RobotoTTF: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto-mono-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 10 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak-fonts: caching, new cache contents: 3 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/selawik-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 5 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/sinhala: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/space-grotesk-zorin-os: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/teluguvijayam: caching, new cache contents: 20 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/tibetan-machine: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/tiresias: caching, new cache contents: 22 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg: caching, new cache contents: 58 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-khmeros-core: caching, new cache contents: 2 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu: caching, new cache contents: 14 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/type1/urw-base35: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/woff: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/woff/opendyslexic: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/wps-office: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/root/.local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/share/fonts/X11: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cMap: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cmap: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/opentype: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/type1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/woff: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/wps-office: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/X11/util: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-cns1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-gb1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-japan2: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cmap/adobe-korea1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/malayalam: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/mondulkiri: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/opendyslexic: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/urw-base35: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gargi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Gubbi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Nakula: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Navilu: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sahadeva: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Sarai: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/abyssinica: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/comic-relief-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/croscore: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/crosextra: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-beng-extra: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-deva-extra: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-gujr-extra: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-guru-extra: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-kalapi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-orya-extra: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-telu-extra: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/fonts-yrsa-rasa: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/gelasio-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/inter-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/jetbrains-mono-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kacst-one: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lao: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation2: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/libreoffice: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-assamese: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-bengali: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-devanagari: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-gujarati: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-kannada: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-malayalam: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-oriya: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-punjabi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-tamil-classical: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-telugu: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/malayalam: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/michroma-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/padauk: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/pagul: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto-mono-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/samyak-fonts: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/selawik-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/sinhala: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/space-grotesk-zorin-os: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/teluguvijayam: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/tibetan-machine: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/tiresias: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/tlwg: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-khmeros-core: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/type1/urw-base35: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/woff/opendyslexic: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto/unhinted: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto/unhinted/RobotoTTF: skipping, looped directory detected
/var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
/root/.cache/fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
/root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
fc-cache: succeeded

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Did You tried it in a Document if the Microsofts Fonts are there?

As far as I know the Microsofts Fonts should be included in the restricted-extras Packages. There are two of them:

ubuntu-restricted-extras
zorin-os-restricted-extras

One should be enough. They are including some Codecs and Microsofts Fonts. When you install it, it comes a Screen that You must accept a Licence Agreement because of the Fonts.

[bollycanuk]

Thanks but where do I find those packages? I just did a fresh install in VirtualBox and didn't see those options anywhere.

[Aravisian]

You can install most packages in terminal using apt.

sudo apt install zorin-restricted-extras

Or

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

[bollycanuk]

Thanks. The zorin-restricted-extras didn't work but the ubuntu one did.

trying to install the zorin-restricted-extras generated the following error:
E: unable to locate package zorin-restricted-extras

[Aravisian]

@bollycanuk

trying to install the zorin-restricted-extras generated the following error:
E: unable to locate package zorin-restricted-extras

Hmmm, I just looked in the Zorin Repository and I do not see it listed there, either.

apt search zorin-restricted-extras

also does not list it.

We may need to pester @Ponce-De-Leon to find out where he spotted that package.

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Sorry, Yes there is os missing. It is called zorin-os-restricted-extras (I corrected my Comment above)

But when You now have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras does it work for You? If yes, You don't need to install the Zorin Version.

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Welcome to the Forum!

As You installed it comes tehre a Screen with a License Agreement? If Yes, have You accepted it?

To control something:
Use Synaptic. If You haven't installed it, open the Terminal and type sudo apt install synaptic and when it is installed, open it and search for ttf-microsoftcorefonts-installer

Look here:

Control if the little Square is green.

[Ponce-De-Leon]

Hmm ... To be honest the only Ways to install the Fonts that I know are

• Synaptic
• In Terminal with sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
• install ubuntu-restricted-extras or zorin-os-restricted-extras because there it is a Part of the Package

One Thing is a bit strange for me. You wrote:

@Horace

There was no pause or any message about MS License during the installation.

That should come because it isn't open Software. At this Point unfortunately I have no more Idea's. Maybe another User can give You better Advices.

[Storm]

Remember to log out first so the system can reload it into the system. There may be a cool command for reloading the fonts to the system, but I can't recall.

[Aravisian]

Maybe the .deb package will work:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.8ubuntu2_all.deb

[Aravisian]

You may need to check your sources.

Zorin OS 17 uses Jammy and Zorin OS 16 uses Focal:

[How To] address and manage Software Sources

In order to retrieve software packages for your computer, the apt software needs a source that supplies it. This is a security feature as sources are signed and vetted. It also is organizational, as it keeps things well organized and prevents conflicts. A source supplies the route to a Repository. Users can supply sources at will. For example a user might wish to install Wine, so they use curl to retrieve a built script to assign a source or use add-apt-repository to add one. However, this me…

[Aravisian]

@Horace

Anyone know how to get rid of the failed installations that are filling my disk? Thanks

You can use Synaptic to clean up using the Broken packages option in the left pane.
In terminal, you can run

sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove

@Horace

Why should the Zorin help tell you it can install fonts (on a new installation) as per 1st post in this thread and then not do it?

Normally, the installation should work and go smoothly. In your case, it did not. We do not know enough details to know why... Otherwise, it might have been solvable from the outset.
This relates to this post and your reply. My post was intended to dig a bit deeper into those unknown details in order to try to find out what was causing the problem:

@Horace

I'm very confused by the last response help.

All software that you install must have a source, which we refer to as sources. It must come from somewhere. This is not open to the internet to just get software from any old where... It is vetted for reliable listed sources.
Checking your sources can mean ensuring that they are correct.

I realize it is not very satisfying to hear, "I do not know what went wrong with this" at this time but at least you have gotten the primary issue solved - installing the needed fonts.

[Aravisian]

Those warnings show that you have a couple of duplicate entries in your sources (lines 4 and 26 are visible in your screenshot).
Here are full instructions on how to resolve that:

[Solved] Target Packages is configured multiple times Error

[Aravisian]

@Horace

If that doesn't fix things will try Linux Mint.

Linux Mint uses sources in the same way.

It may look overwhelming on the surface. But it is quite straight forward and you are more than able to grasp it.
A sources.list file is as the name implies; A list of the sources your Operating System will look to for software.

A duplicate entry only means that a line has been added twice.

Part of the reason I often post a series of answers in my posts if because online guides are long and wordy and it makes things look far more complicated than they really are. This time, I offered an online guide...

If you want, you can post a screenshot of your sources list or its contents and help you to review it.

[Ponce-De-Leon]

The multiple Configuration Issue is not new here. It is simple to fix. Open the Terminal and type:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archive_uri-http_archive_ubuntu_com_ubuntu_-jammy.list

This will open the File in Terminal to adjust. There You go to Line 4 and at the Beginning You make a # and then You push ctrl+o to save the Change, Enter to confirm and then ctrl+x to close it. Then You are back. Then make again a sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade and You should see that it works normal.