Re: install Arial fonts lost in latex

[Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net>]

On Sunday 05 July 2015 19:21:20 mudongliang wrote:
> On 07/05/2015 07:05 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > On 2015-07-05, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sunday 05 July 2015 05:51:31 mudongliang wrote:
> >>>> Install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
> >>>> And let it do its thing.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Eike
> >>> 
> >>> I have said in the post that I can't install this package!
> >>> Because some exe file can not be downloaded!
> >> 
> >> lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search ttf-mscorefonts
> >> i A ttf-mscorefonts-installer       - Installer for Microsoft TrueType
> >> core
> >> font
> >> lisi@Tux-II:~$
> >> 
> >> Who is asking you to download an exe file?  Just a Debian package. 
> >> Although you have found a workaround, using the Debian package would
> >> obviously have been a better solution.
> >> 
> >> As you see, I have it installed, and I have Arial and Arial Black.
> > 
> > Upon installation, the Debian package attempts to download the fonts (in
> > the form of .exe files) from a third party. That step is failing in the
> > case of the OP.
> 
> yes, you're right! I can't download exe file from the sourceforge site!
>     -mudongliang

Yep, looks like your university prevents the download of exe files from 
sourceforge in some weird way which does not resolve to a meaningful error 
message.
What keeps me guessing is why you were able to download exe files from some MS-
site.
Can you contact the IT girls/guys about this behaviour?
I first thought that your (or the university's) router might not be able to 
handle FTP transfers correctly, but your log clearly shows that HTTP is used 
for the transport.

Cheers
Eike