package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #722049 reported by Diego Carrera Gallego
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mythbuntu
Opinion
Undecided
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msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: msttcorefonts

1) Ubuntu natty (development branch) 11.04
4) I just update, and crash it

If you encounter this problem:

SOLUTION/Workaround:

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-4.31-generic 2.6.38-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-4-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 19 23:20:56 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

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Diego Carrera Gallego (diegocarrera2000) wrote :
Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: added: debconf-passthrough
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This is probably a duplicate of bug 442941 but due to the quantity of duplicates and emails that would be sent I'm not marking it as a duplicate.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 722049, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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Ko Janssen (kojanssen) wrote :

I just did it this way:
ko@studio:~$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

..and it worked:

All done, no errors.
All fonts downloaded and installed.
Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts

Andreas Moog (ampelbein)
description: updated
Changed in mythbuntu:
status: New → Opinion
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 442941, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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