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msttcorefonts package

package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso script pre-installation nuevo devolvió el código de salida de error 128

Bug #772711 reported by manny on 2011-04-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #442941: debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: msttcorefonts

package didnt want to install...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 28 16:57:15 2011
ErrorMessage: el subproceso script pre-installation nuevo devolvió el código de salida de error 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso script pre-installation nuevo devolvió el código de salida de error 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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manny (estelar57) wrote on 2011-04-28:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (481 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (46.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (12.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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alexds9 (alexds9) wrote on 2011-04-29:

same problem, terminal output:

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
[sudo] password for alexds9:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' has no installation candidate

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alexds9 (alexds9) wrote on 2011-04-29:

In my case the problem was with server which I used to download the packages.
Synaptic Package Manager > Settings > Repositories > Ubuntu Software > Download from: > Main server

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-06-22:

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.