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[Jason Crain]

On Tue, July 22, 2008 8:53 am, Steve Flynn wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:00 AM, basheer <albasheers at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i have completly  deleted the fonts folder on ubuntu (i.e sudo rm -r
>> /usr/share/fonts) and now i am  not able to start ubuntu
>> can anyone tell how to restore the fonts folder
>
> Switch to another virtual terminal CTRL-ALT-F4 for example, log in and
> re-install them via apt-get

Specifically, you should run something like this:
  apt-get --reinstall install ttf-malayalam-fonts msttcorefonts
ttf-dejavu-extra gsfonts-x11 ttf-dejavu-core lmodern xfonts-utils
ttf-opensymbol ttf-lao ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-freefont xfonts-base
xfonts-scalable ttf-unfonts-core xfonts-100dpi ttf-arphic-uming
xfonts-75dpi xfonts-encodings sun-java6-fonts ttf-kochi-mincho dvipdfmx
ttf-xfree86-nonfree ttf-arabeyes latex-xft-fonts ttf-thai-tlwg
ttf-bitstream-vera gsfonts ttf-indic-fonts-core