Did you upgrade libapt-pkg5.0? No? This bug has been fixed. If you already have a partial file, it fails due to bug 1657567 - but the space -> %20 encoding in the redirect *has* been fixed.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654573 Title: dowload of ttf-mscorefonts-installer failed Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: One may get a GUI prompt noting: Information available Update Information Failure to download extra data files The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed. ttf-mscorefonts-installer The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection. One clicks the button "Run this action now", then puts their password in the GUI prompt, and then the download of ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails with the following message: ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Fehl:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not Found W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Keine Berechtigung) E: Fehlschlag beim Holen von https://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E: Herunterladen fehlgeschlagen Another error message permutation: cat /var/log/apt/term.log ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 400 Bad request W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch https://svwh.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe 400 Bad request E: Download Failed Setting up update-notifier (3.168.3) ... However, one may download the file fine via wget: wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe --2017-01-09 12:28:22-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.59 Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe [following] --2017-01-09 12:28:22-- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: https://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe [following] --2017-01-09 12:28:22-- https://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe Resolving superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net (superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net)... 209.61.193.20 Connecting to superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net (superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net)|209.61.193.20|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 198384 (194K) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: ‘andale32.exe’ andale32.exe 100%[===================>] 193.73K 160KB/s in 1.2s 2017-01-09 12:28:25 (160 KB/s) - ‘andale32.exe’ saved [198384/198384] Still get this problem with: apt policy apt apt: Installed: 1.2.19 Candidate: 1.2.19 Version table: *** 1.2.19 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.2.15ubuntu0.2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 1.2.10ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Jan 6 15:23:18 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-26 (803 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: msttcorefonts UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-30 (159 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1654573/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp