On 02/24/2016 07:06 PM, Alexandros Drymonitis wrote:
>> > Since you’re on Debian, then you can do something like
>> > <http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-reinstall-a-package-using-apt-get-command/>
>> > :
>> >
>> >     sudo apt —reinstall fonts-dejavu-core
>> >
> That worked! Actually the command was "sudo apt-get install --reinstall
> fonts-dejavu-core". Now both Pd and [text2d] find their fonts, thanks!
>

hmm, you are experiencing a bug in the "gem" package as shipped with Ubuntu.

please report a bug against the "gem" package (using the `reportbug`
cmdline tool), describing your problem.