[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1651923 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1651923 I'm marking this a duplicate of bug 1651923 which is the underlying apt issue. The good news is that a fix is being worked on for Ubuntu 16.04 and 16.10. As for the update request, I've opened bug 1656102

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Downloading and installing https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/ttf- mscorefonts-installer/download works flawlessly. A lot of people are affected by this bug: https://askubuntu.com/a/859472/164341 At least 3 people (myself included) confirm the new version of this package works with Ubuntu

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

As written in comment #50, this problem is in the apt package. Also, it is specific to 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Tried in fresh Ubuntu 14.04.5 install, and works fine: Trigger für update-notifier-common (0.154.1ubuntu2) werden verarbeitet ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Hello everybody that recently commented on this issue (starting with comment #10)! I believe the core issue is in not in the msttcorefonts package: it is modified on Ubuntu to delegate all downloads to the update-notifier package, which is the one having issues. (That is why installing the Debian

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

#40 - "All done, no errors". Thanks! K. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

#45 Worked for me - but it should be fixed in general annoying bug - seems easily can be fixed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

#40 worked here as well. Thanks for the quick fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Tried #40, and it seems to have worked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Upgrading to debian's 3.6 package worked for me for ubuntu 16.04: wget "http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb; sudo apt-get remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb -- You received

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I tried beruci 's suggestion sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb . . . All done, no errors. thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title:

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I just installed the .deb file from debian (https://packages.debian.org/jessie/all/ttf-mscorefonts- installer/download) and it worked without any issues. I used gdebi on the terminal, but I don't see why it shouldn't work with the software center installer. Since the package from Debian works,

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Completely agree with you cbcymru I understand that this bug is not critical, but I would have to be assigned. A user "normal" (without computer knowledge), does not know how to install things from terminal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

As Malik Rumi (malik-a-rumi) #25 quite rightly asked, how are we "normal" users meant to deal with this bug? It is an issue that's been continuing on and off since at least 2012 and yet amazingly this bug remains Unassigned. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Automated work-around (no failures, no re-runs, no manual edits), 3 steps: sudo apt-get -y remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb -P ~/Downloads sudo apt install

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Manually installing version 3.6 worked, but cannot be right solution. Please fix 3.4 or merge 3.6. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Happens here too, Kubuntu 16.04 LTS. Seems to be related rather to Sourceforge, because the error happens on different URLs. Wenn doing "sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer" First attempt: Fehl:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E:

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I have the same bug. Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Yes, the package of debian version 3.6 work ok in ubuntu 16.04. But this not is the solution. The solution is fix the ubuntu package, for all users can be update from the official repository. The temporary solution can be the install debian package, but when the ubuntu package is fix, will be

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I took the Debian packages for Jessie (debian stable) from https://packages.debian.org/jessie/all/ttf-mscorefonts-installer/download which is version 3.6 and I installed it fine with "dpkg -i" on my Ubuntu 16.04 server. I can see the fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts So we just

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

are sourceforge aware of the missing "%20" ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Indeed #17 installs the fonts, but doesn't prevent the pop-up that prompts to install them again. In fact the fonts were installed in the first place, and that didn't keep the pop-up away either. These are old font files, the .exe installers are equally old, and do not change anymore. The problem

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Yes, #17 is the temporary solution, but not is the solution of the package. I thing that the problem is the shown in #21. Correct me if I'm wrong. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

microsoft, please help us ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I second that - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1607535/comments/17 works - thank you very much! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title:

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

#17 works! thank you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

what's stopping canonical from hosting this themselves? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Btw: All LibreOffice users exchanging documents with other OS flavours are affected, too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I guess, this not tested... Correct is the suggestion above in #21 further error: /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Fehl:1

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Assuming this workaround passes whatever tests it might need, how are all the rest of us 'normal' users going to get it? Will it be patched into our regular updates? When? I am on 16.04, and this has been going on for a while now, perhaps mid November as another poster stated. But I also see tons

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

You can try my workaround: edit your /usr/share/package-data-downloads replacing all http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/ with https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/ remove all partial download with rm -rf

Re: [Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Well, nothings perfect. There's a bug I didn't notice because I ran the script inside the directory where the fonts go. It's important that the script not be there, so it's better with an added 'cd' command: > #!/bin/bash > > # grab the raw fonts required by mscorefonts-installer > > if [ $#

Re: [Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 8:51 AM, mirohe wrote: > Sorry, I wrote this wrong > > Url in debian package the url is: > > https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the% > 20fonts/final/andale32.exe > -> OK > > and ubuntu package the url is like this: > >

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Sorry, I wrote this wrong Url in debian package the url is: https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe -> OK and ubuntu package the url is like this: https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe -> ERROR result

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I have tried and there is a difference when installing the ubuntu package with the debian package. Url in debian package: Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E: Impossible de récupérer

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Also just found https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1371783/comments/45 which suggests a more complete work around by retrieving the appropriate package from debian repositories. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

+1 to Vincent for posting this workaround. I had already purges and installed the relevant files: ttf-mscorefonts-installer cabextract libmspack0 a few times with no success. So I figured I would run the final command Vincent suggested: sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer So I

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I posted the workaround: https://askubuntu.com/a/857970/585518 The workaround is to grab the files manually from here for example: https://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/ and save them in the same directory (say mscorefonts). The files are (from the installer): Those

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Solutions to this problem is to either use a more capable HTTP-client for download to cope with Sourceforge's ads and redirections, or to host the fonts elsewhere. Workarounds by directing the installer to particular mirrors etc may work for a while, and/or from some places, but aren't likely to

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

``` $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait Construction de l'arbre des dépendances Lecture des informations d'état... Fait Les NOUVEAUX paquets suivants seront installés : ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 mis à jour, 1 nouvellement

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

In reply to #13 above, the version on 16.04 is *not* 3.6, but rather 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 (xenial). Version 3.6, as noted at #7 above, uses a set of 9 alternative paths, rather than the single path of 3.4. The solution that has been adopted for multiple installs of Ubuntu, 14.04 and 16.04 is to

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

This bug is still (again?) happening to me on 16.04. The ttf- mscorefonts-downloader repeatedly fails on the first file (andale32.exe). And this is obviously the 3.6 Debian version, because it reports multiple mirrors - so far it has been freefr.dl.sourceforge.net and vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net.

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Since November 14th, 2016 the installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) has consistently failed on new Xenial installations. Before that date it used to work just fine. Debian version (3.6) works very well on Xenial and it's distributed to all our machines. Meanwhile everything works OK on new Trusty

Re: [Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Hi Julie, I know vastly less than you, so your news is actually most reassuring to me! Thanks. Larry Sherk On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:54 AM, Julie Brandon < julie-launch...@computergeeks.co.uk> wrote: > Unfortunately the sourceforge links this relies on are now EXCEPTIONALLY > unreliable and

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Unfortunately the sourceforge links this relies on are now EXCEPTIONALLY unreliable and have been for the last few weeks - for me and I'm sure most everyone else most download attempts fail considerably more often than they succeed now (and this is on a well behaved, rock solid, fibre connection.)

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Not sure how general this observation is, but I can confirm that *.sourceforge.net is inaccessible (telnet, or ping) from my expressvpn servers. Disconnecting the vpn makes them available again. Note that all the 3.6 url's are blocked in this way. Once i disconnected the vpn temporarily, the

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

@Robin 'freefr' refers to the first tip : https://sourceforge.net/publish/ (fr located) ** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Brian, thanks for looking. The real problem here is that downloading the font files from Sourceforge has sometimes worked, and sometimes not. In true "Read the code, Luke" vein, the difference between versions 3.4 (Ubuntu) and 3.6 (Debian) is that in Ubuntu 3.4 the base path for the download

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

The changelog for the debian version of msttcorefonts gives no indication that the urls have changed. Additionally, running the code that downloads the fonts certainly seems to work: $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

http://metadata.ftp- master.debian.org/changelogs//contrib/m/msttcorefonts/msttcorefonts_3.6_changelog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Please sync, yakkety is awaiting too msttcorefonts (3.6) unstable; urgency=medium * Add Turkish translation, thanks Mert Dirik (closes: #757868). * Update to policy 3.9.6, no changes. -- Thijs Kinkhorst Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:52:57 + msttcorefonts (3.5) unstable;

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

This bug addresses the specific question of the relocated source files, but nothing else. Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1371783/ and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1563840 would seem to be duplicates. Most importantly, neither of

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

I think this bug is a duplicate of bug #1563840 (Please merge msttcorefonts 3.6 (multiverse) from Debian testing (contrib) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title:

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

** Package changed: ubuntu => msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install