Comment 14 for bug 299427

indeed, it works. Thanks, Sigmund.

that said, it would be nice to have these fonts. while the package is not corrected, it seems the howto named "Linux XFT and MathML", at
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Linux_XFT_and_MathML

is a good place to start.

all the best,
hilton

--- On Thu, 2/26/09, Sigmund Baginov <email address hidden> wrote:
From: Sigmund Baginov <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 299427] Re: dpkg: error processing ttf-mathematica4.1 (--install)
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 12:44 PM

As Gianluca Pettinello underlined, it is easy to create the fonts for
removal, you do not even need to use a real one, but simply touch them:

mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mathml
cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mathml

touch math1b__.ttf math2b__.ttf math3b__.ttf math4b__.ttf math1mb__.ttf
math2mb__.ttf math3mb__.ttf math4mb__.ttf math1m__.ttf math2m__.ttf
math3m__.ttf math4m__.ttf

defoma-font register-all /etc/defoma/hints/ttf-mathematica4.1.hints

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dpkg: error processing ttf-mathematica4.1 (--install)
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Status in “ttf-mathematica4.1” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “ttf-mathematica4.1” source package in Debian: Unknown

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ttf-mathematica4.1

Selecting previously deselected package ttf-mathematica4.1.
(Reading database ... 160253 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ttf-mathematica4.1 4 (using
..../ttf-mathematica4.1_4_all.deb) ...
The license has already been accepted
Unpacking replacement ttf-mathematica4.1 ...
Setting up ttf-mathematica4.1 (4) ...
--2008-11-18 15:27:39--
http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/windows/general/files/MathFonts_TrueType_41.exe
Resolving support.wolfram.com... 140.177.205.40
Connecting to support.wolfram.com|140.177.205.40|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://support.wolfram.com/index.en.html [following]
--2008-11-18 15:27:40-- http://support.wolfram.com/index.en.html
Connecting to support.wolfram.com|140.177.205.40|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: `./index.en.html'

    [<=> ] 0 --.-K/s
         [ <=> ] 4 017 19,2K/s
             [ <=> ] 9 777 23,4K/s
                 [ <=> ] 19 186
34,1K/s in 0,5s

2008-11-18 15:27:41 (34,1 KB/s) - `./index.en.html' saved [19186]

checking MathFonts_TrueType_41.exe
Downloaded file looks corrupted!
dpkg: error processing ttf-mathematica4.1 (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ttf-mathematica4.1