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msttcorefonts package

package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #502753 reported by Flying Kiwi on 2010-01-03

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #274421: Cannot download fonts, "Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/". Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: msttcorefonts

When doing an update, the download / install process appears to perform correctly, BUT, right at the end I get one of the following messages. It does not appear to be the same message every time, nor does it go from message to message in succession.

Message 1 - package msttcorefonts 2.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Message 2 - package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Message 3 - package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade

Message 4 - package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

It has at times also generated other error messages, but unfortunately I have not kept copies of them

The error messages do not appear to be generated by a specific package, but appear to be more related to any package which uses "mscorefonts"

I get told that there has been an error and to click on the "details" button below for further information, but there is no "details" button below just a cancel button, (which is greyed out), and an active "OK" button. Clicking on "OK" closes the upgrade manager and returns me to the desktop.

I am using Ubuntu 9.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 4 12:09:49 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

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Flying Kiwi (ubuntu-paradise) wrote on 2010-01-03:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (286 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (33.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (4.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-01-04:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 274421, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.