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package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #1010515 reported by Tony Mugan on 2012-06-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #921889: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

Just installed Alpha1 of Quantal.

I tried installing the restricted extras through the software centre but it seemed to hang on install.

This pops up on the restart and login.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 9 00:43:20 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120606.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 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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Tony Mugan (tmugan) wrote on 2012-06-08:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (656 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (329 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (64.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (56.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-06-08

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2012-06-08:

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 921889, 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.