package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

[David]

This on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS recently installed installed on a Dell Poweredge T310
Installing the Wine Ubuntu Package

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-101.124~14.04.1-generic 4.4.95
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-101-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 1 14:52:30 2017
DpkgHistoryLog:

DpkgTerminalLog:

ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-26 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) reached end-of-standard-support on April 25, 2019.

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We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]