package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The mscorefont issue continues unabated!
Every morning I am greeted with an autoupdater dialogue telling me that the ms core ttf fonts can't be installed. This morning I try using the CL and get this:
```
~ $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libqmi-glib1 linux-headers-
linux-
linux-
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to reinstall, 0 to remove and 10 not to upgrade.
Need to get 29.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://
Fetched 29.5 kB in 0s (136 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 628677 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ttf-
mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-
Processing triggers for update-
ttf-mscorefonts
ttf-mscorefonts
Err:1 http://
Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl
E: Failed to fetch https:/
E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts
These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, but they are
still available from third parties.
You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
to the file name or packaging format.
/home/<
All done, errors in processing 1 file(s)
mv: cannot stat 'andalemo.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'ariblk.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'arial.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'arialbd.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'arialbi.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'ariali.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'comic.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'comicbd.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'cour.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'courbd.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'couri.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'courbi.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'georgia.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'georgiab.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'georgiai.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'georgiaz.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'impact.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'times.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'timesbd.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'timesbi.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'timesi.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'trebuc.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'trebucbd.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'trebucit.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'trebucbi.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'verdana.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'verdanab.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'verdanai.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'verdanaz.ttf': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat 'webdings.ttf': No such file or directory
One or more fonts could not be extracted.
The fonts are NOT installed.
Please run 'dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts
dpkg: error processing package ttf-mscorefonts
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
ttf-mscorefont
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
```
Can we please just let sourceforge die and move somewhere else?
System/package details:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Release: 16.04
~ $ apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts
ttf-mscorefonts
Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
AptOrdering:
ttf-mscorefont
ttf-mscorefont
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 15 07:48:13 2018
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-07 (645 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitec
RelatedPackageV
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
apt 1.2.25
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Dan Kortschak (dan-kortschak) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
| Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
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