How to install the Monaco font?

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Monaco is the default font in the iTerm terminal for Mac OS X. How can I install it on Ubuntu?

sjakobi · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-10 18:49:31Z

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Github user cstrap has a repository with a simple install script that will download and install the font.

Just run the command

curl -kL https://raw.github.com/cstrap/monaco-font/master/install-font-ubuntu.sh | bash

answered Aug 16, 2013 at 15:26

sjakobi

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And why should we trust this script?
– Martin Thoma
Commented May 26, 2014 at 7:18
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@moose, I understand what you meant but it came off a bit snarky. We may be able to trust this script because we can view it ourselves and decide if it is safe.
– Kevin Herrera
Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 16:57
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@KevinHerrera: I think a solution that does not need reading (and understanding!) a bash script from a non-official source is always better. That's what I wanted to express.
– Martin Thoma
Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 17:40
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This is why I dislike ubuntu, because people giving irresponsible actions like this. You need to write actual solution in the comments not just have reference to someone's script in the web.
– holms
Commented Mar 12, 2018 at 6:03
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I do agree with @holms, that's why I upvoted greuze solution, nevertheless this script could be added as an alternative, but the best answer is the one that also explains you how to do it, and the risks involved in sudoing stuff from the internet, of course...
– opensas
Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 3:35

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Martin Thoma · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-26 07:17:42Z

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Download it from http://www.gringod.com/wp-upload/software/Fonts/Monaco_Linux.ttf
Double click on the file. A font manager opens.
Click on "Install Font"

answered May 26, 2014 at 7:17

Martin Thoma

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Actually, you only need to move the downloaded file to ~/.fonts/, and command sudo fc-cache -fv from the Bash command line, in order to rebuild the font cache. (No font manager opened when I clicked the downloaded file, but I'm using Xubuntu, which might account for that.)
– Teemu Leisti
Commented Feb 25, 2017 at 17:13

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greuze · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-18 10:56:53Z

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I installed the Monaco font in Ubuntu 16.04 by doing:

Download it from https://github.com/hbin/top-programming-fonts/raw/master/Monaco-Linux.ttf
Copy the downloaded font into ~/.fonts/
Run sudo fc-cache -fv

answered Apr 18, 2017 at 10:34

greuze

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no need to run mysterious scripts from the web, just two simple commands...
– opensas
Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 3:37
As system-wide fonts are stored under /usr/share/fonts, symmetrically the XDG-standard directory to place user fonts is: ~/.local/share/fonts (you just replace /usr with ~/.local)
– Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão
Commented Jun 30, 2018 at 21:16
sudo fc-cache -fv ~/.fonts worked.
– Luca
Commented Feb 5, 2022 at 0:18

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