I hit this bug today under Ubuntu MATE 17.10 x64.
The workaround for me was:
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
I hit this bug today under Ubuntu MATE 17.10 x64.
The workaround for me was:
wget http:// ftp.de. debian. org/debian/ pool/contrib/ m/msttcorefonts /ttf-mscorefont s-installer_ 3.6_all. deb -installer_ 3.6_all. deb
sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts