dowload of ttf-mscorefonts-installer failed
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
One may get a GUI prompt noting:
Information available
Update Information
Failure to download extra data files
The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed.
ttf-mscorefonts
The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection.
One clicks the button "Run this action now", then puts their password in the GUI prompt, and then the download of ttf-mscorefonts
ttf-mscorefonts
ttf-mscorefonts
Fehl:1 http://
404 Not Found
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/
E: Fehlschlag beim Holen von https:/
E: Herunterladen fehlgeschlagen
Another error message permutation:
cat /var/log/
ttf-mscorefonts
ttf-mscorefonts
Err:1 http://
400 Bad request
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/
E: Failed to fetch https:/
E: Download Failed
Setting up update-notifier (3.168.3) ...
However, one may download the file fine via wget:
wget http://
--2017-01-09 12:28:22-- http://
Resolving downloads.
Connecting to downloads.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://
--2017-01-09 12:28:22-- http://
Connecting to downloads.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https:/
--2017-01-09 12:28:22-- https:/
Resolving superb-
Connecting to superb-
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 198384 (194K) [application/
Saving to: ‘andale32.exe’
andale32.exe 100%[==
2017-01-09 12:28:25 (160 KB/s) - ‘andale32.exe’ saved [198384/198384]
Still get this problem with:
apt policy apt
apt:
Installed: 1.2.19
Candidate: 1.2.19
Version table:
*** 1.2.19 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
1.
500 http://
1.2.10ubuntu1 500
500 http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jan 6 15:23:18 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-26 (803 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-30 (159 days ago)
description: | updated |
summary: |
- dowload of ttf-fonts failed + dowload of ttf-mscorefonts-installer failed |
description: | updated |
Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.