Still broken in 16.10 (yakkety).
[...] ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not Found W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the?download&failedmirror=vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net 404 Not Found E: Download Failed
Workaround: Use the Debian package instead (or completely replace Ubuntu with Debian while you're at it ...). wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
Still broken in 16.10 (yakkety).
[...] -installer: downloading http:// downloads. sourceforge. net/corefonts/ andale32. exe downloads. sourceforge. net/corefonts/ andale32. exe update- notifier/ package- data-downloads/ partial/ andale32. exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) /downloads. sourceforge. net/project/ corefonts/ the?download& failedmirror= vorboss. dl.sourceforge. net 404 Not Found
ttf-mscorefonts
Err:1 http://
404 Not Found
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/
E: Failed to fetch https:/
E: Download Failed
Workaround: Use the Debian package instead (or completely replace Ubuntu with Debian while you're at it ...). ftp.debian. org/debian/ pool/contrib/ m/msttcorefonts /ttf-mscorefont s-installer_ 3.6_all. deb -installer_ 3.6_all. deb
wget http://
sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts