This bug is still (again?) happening to me on 16.04. The ttf-mscorefonts-downloader repeatedly fails on the first file (andale32.exe). And this is obviously the 3.6 Debian version, because it reports multiple mirrors - so far it has been freefr.dl.sourceforge.net and vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net.
Both return the file OK when I access them through browser, so I suspect SourceForge might be checking cookies.
As have been said in Bug #1371783, SourceForge has become extremely unreliable for automated downloads - I really think the files need to be hosted elsewhere.
This bug is still (again?) happening to me on 16.04. The ttf-mscorefonts -downloader repeatedly fails on the first file (andale32.exe). And this is obviously the 3.6 Debian version, because it reports multiple mirrors - so far it has been freefr. dl.sourceforge. net and vorboss. dl.sourceforge. net.
Both return the file OK when I access them through browser, so I suspect SourceForge might be checking cookies.
As have been said in Bug #1371783, SourceForge has become extremely unreliable for automated downloads - I really think the files need to be hosted elsewhere.
(IMHO, The best temporary fix would be James-pic's GitHub hosted version of the package https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ msttcorefonts/ +bug/1371783/ comments/ 42 but the PPA doesn't work for xenial - I reached out to James-pic, I'll report back when/if it's available)