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msttcorefonts package

  1. Bug #1371783
  2. Comment #48

Comment 48 for bug 1371783

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John Freed (oklp) wrote : Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 (utopic) fails to install/upgrade

The problem with #45 (and #47, and all the other proposed solutions) is SourceForge, and nothing else. If SourceForge tries to direct you to a nonexistent mirror, all solutions fail. If you try to download from SourceForge and you get an advertising page instead of the file you want, all the automated solutions fail.

The solution in #33 / #34 is fully automated but fails in the case where SourceForge misbehaves.

As james-pic notes in #42 and I have noted, the only solution that will always work requires that someone create a non-SourceForge repo for the fonts. (And no, it makes no difference whatsoever which link you use. http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/ and http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/ point to the same location.)

Since james-pic has created such a non-SF repo (thanks!), his solution should always work. It would be nice to see Ubuntu incorporate it.