package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[arun shankar]

Binary package hint: msttcorefonts

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic-pae 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering: ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Remove
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 13 18:35:37 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The error in the logs is:

Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
cd: 24: can't cd to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
rmdir: failed to remove `/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts': No such file or directory

This is an unusual situation, since this removal code is only run if /var/lib/msttcorefonts/ms-fonts exists, and /var/lib/msttcorefonts/ms-fonts is only created if the fonts have been successfully installed. Perhaps you deleted the fonts from the filesystem by hand. In any case, the package should cope gracefully with this situation.

[Andrea (aluder)]

get http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
--2017-01-08 22:59:39-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Risoluzione di downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59
Connessione a downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connesso.
Richiesta HTTP inviata, in attesa di risposta... 301 Moved Permanently
Posizione: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe [segue]
--2017-01-08 22:59:40-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe
Connessione a downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connesso.
Richiesta HTTP inviata, in attesa di risposta... 302 Found
Posizione: https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe [segue]
--2017-01-08 22:59:40-- https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe
Risoluzione di netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net (netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net)... 78.35.24.46, 2001:4dd0:1234:6::5f
Connessione a netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net (netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net)|78.35.24.46|:443... connesso.
Richiesta HTTP inviata, in attesa di risposta... 200 OK
Lunghezza: 198384 (194K) [application/octet-stream]
Salvataggio in: "andale32.exe.1"