This is exactly the bug that affects me as well but in my case it has an almost hourly annoyance: I get a pop-up from Xubuntu 16.04.1 x64 telling me that ttf-mscorefonts-installer isn't installed correctly and with 2 choice boxes: "run this action now" (which will fail) and "cancel" (which will rid you of the pop-up, that is, until it shows back up again (it will be sooner than you really want, trust me!). I added a screenshot of the pop-up. Then after I did "sudo apt purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer", I try to reinstall the package. The EULA screen appears, you accept it and then this happens:
<code>The following NEW packages will be installed:
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E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...<code>
The only font that gets installed is "arial32.exe".
As a temporary solution I will try the workaround that KsmoinO (ksmoino) graciously left here. Many thanks for that! Best regards,
This is exactly the bug that affects me as well but in my case it has an almost hourly annoyance: I get a pop-up from Xubuntu 16.04.1 x64 telling me that ttf-mscorefonts -installer isn't installed correctly and with 2 choice boxes: "run this action now" (which will fail) and "cancel" (which will rid you of the pop-up, that is, until it shows back up again (it will be sooner than you really want, trust me!). I added a screenshot of the pop-up. Then after I did "sudo apt purge ttf-mscorefonts -installer" , I try to reinstall the package. The EULA screen appears, you accept it and then this happens:
<code>The following NEW packages will be installed: ts-installer pt.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 ttf-mscorefonts -installer all 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 [29,5 kB] -installer. mscorefonts- installer_ 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 _all.deb ... -installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... 0ubuntu1. 1) ... notifier- common (3.168.2) ... -installer: processing... -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) /freefr. dl.sourceforge. net/project/ corefonts/ the fonts/final/ andale32. exe 404 Not Found
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Setting up ttf-mscorefonts
The only font that gets installed is "arial32.exe".
As a temporary solution I will try the workaround that KsmoinO (ksmoino) graciously left here. Many thanks for that! Best regards,
Roger Peartree