If you need MS fonts installed in our Linux Operating System, in order to look at the documents in the same way they are looking at it.
on Debian / Ubuntu
sudo aptitude install msttcorefonts
on Fedora / Centos
Install the software needed
sudo yum install rpm-build cabextract
or
download cabextract package here
Download the specs to build the RPM
wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
Build the RPM
rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts-2.0-1.spec
or
wget http://quattorsrv.lal.in2p3.fr/packages/lemon/sl-i386/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
Install the RPM
rpm -ivh msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
Reload xfs
/sbin/service xfs reload
Now the msttcorefonts are installed and available. Look:
yum list msttcorefonts
Reference: sourceforge.net