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

Bug #990684 reported by Rajeev George
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Bug Description

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a virtual machine - VirtualBox. Got past the installation uneventfully (I'm a newbie) on Virtualbox, where I had repeatedly failed with WUBI. I was installing updates and some new software from the Ubuntu Software Center when I received the notice about some bug.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
AptOrdering:
 cabextract: Install
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Install
 cabextract: Configure
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 28 22:55:38 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Rajeev George (rajeev-george) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #990092, so 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.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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