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package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #774097 reported by Douglas Parsons on 2011-04-30

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #386763: [Master] font package failed to install/upgrade: post-installation exit status 1 - /var/lib/defoma/locked exists.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

Would not allow me to install software from centre

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic x86_64
AptOrdering:
libspnav0: Install
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Configure
libspnav0: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 30 14:05:13 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Douglas Parsons (douglas1983-dp) wrote on 2011-04-30:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (512 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (48.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (56.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) on 2011-04-30

affects:

ubuntu → msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-05-02:

From DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.2ubuntu0.1) ...

These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, but they are
still available from third parties.

You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
to the file name or packaging format.

All fonts downloaded and installed.
E: /var/lib/defoma/locked exists.
E: Another defoma process seems running, or you aren't root.
E: If you are root and defoma process isn't running undoubtedly,
E: it is possible that defoma might have aborted.
E: Please run defoma-reconfigure -f to fix its broken status.
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-06-21:

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 710046, 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.