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teekaysoh@gmail.com

2006-06-11, 1:12 pm

For those out there searching for the answer like I did (it's amazing
to find also zero post on this topic), here's how you do it:

1. install the chinese font package in CD #4 of FC5 installation disk
(no, those KDE or xorg chinese fonts wouldn't do it):

root$ cd /media/disk/Fedora/RPMS/
root$ rpm -vih fonts-chinese-3.02-4.1.noarch.rpm

2. restart firefox.

Good luck.

André

2006-06-11, 7:12 pm


teekaysoh@gmail.com wrote:
> For those out there searching for the answer like I did (it's amazing
> to find also zero post on this topic), here's how you do it:
>
> 1. install the chinese font package in CD #4 of FC5 installation disk
> (no, those KDE or xorg chinese fonts wouldn't do it):
>
> root$ cd /media/disk/Fedora/RPMS/
> root$ rpm -vih fonts-chinese-3.02-4.1.noarch.rpm
>
> 2. restart firefox.
>
> Good luck.


Would you know where can I get the source of korean fonts for Firefox
(not RPM)?
Thanks Very Much
Andre

Nico Kadel-Garcia

2006-06-11, 7:12 pm

André wrote:
> teekaysoh@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Would you know where can I get the source of korean fonts for Firefox
> (not RPM)?
> Thanks Very Much
> Andre


Maybe the "korean-fonts" package, from another of your installation disks or
at one of the Fedora Core mirror sites?


Some Other Somebody Else

2006-06-12, 1:12 am

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:59:56 -0400, "Nico Kadel-Garcia"
<nkadel@comcast.net> wrote:

>André wrote:
>
>Maybe the "korean-fonts" package, from another of your installation disks or
>at one of the Fedora Core mirror sites?


I think the question specified korean Firefox fonts in non-rpm form,
which presumably would not be on the Fedora installation disks or core
mirror sites. I don't know the answer though.
Spamless

2006-06-13, 7:12 pm

On 2006-06-11, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net> wrote:
> André wrote:
>
> Maybe the "korean-fonts" package, from another of your installation disks or
> at one of the Fedora Core mirror sites?


They're fonts in a noarch.rpm file. If you have the ability to extract
files from an rpm (or convert it) (e.g. rpm2cpio, but may require an
rpm based system anyway) you can extract the font files. Being on a dialup
(and the file being over 20Meg) I can't get it (without spending a lot
of time). Or someone who has installed it can look at the files in the rpm
rpm -q -l [installed_rpm]
and put copies in a tar-ball (with a text file indicating the directory
in which they were installed).
Nico Kadel-Garcia

2006-06-14, 1:13 am

Spamless wrote:
> On 2006-06-11, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> They're fonts in a noarch.rpm file. If you have the ability to extract
> files from an rpm (or convert it) (e.g. rpm2cpio, but may require an
> rpm based system anyway) you can extract the font files. Being on a
> dialup (and the file being over 20Meg) I can't get it (without
> spending a lot
> of time). Or someone who has installed it can look at the files in
> the rpm rpm -q -l [installed_rpm]
> and put copies in a tar-ball (with a text file indicating the
> directory in which they were installed).


You can get it: use a "wget -c" operation on your local FTP mirror.

Extracting and tarballing and compressing them somewhere else won't help you
much: they're compressed in the RPM, and the RPM is almost entirely made of
the fonts, so you'll have nearly 20 MB to transfer some other way.


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