none of any solution mentioned satisfy me here :( but i managed to download the fonts using a combined solution, using post #21,
sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/info/ttf-mscorefonts-installer.postinst then replace all codings in it with this #!/bin/bash #Version: 1.0 #Info: Bash script to install mscorefonts without using #currently broken ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.0) for #Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (date: 03/11/09) #Author: Jonathan K. #Website: http://www.friendlytechninja.vndv.com #Email: friendlytechni...@gmail.com #License: This is free to use and distribute (for free only) as long as #credit is given to original author. #Create temp and mscorefonts dir sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts mkdir /tmp/mscorefonts cd /tmp/mscorefonts #Download links wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/arial32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/arialb32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/comic32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/courie32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/georgi32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/impact32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/times32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/trebuc32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/verdan32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/webdin32.exe/download?use_mirror=cdnetworks-kr-1 #Extract all .tff files cabextract *.exe -F*.ttf -L #Rename files and move files sudo cp andalemo.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Andale_Mono.ttf sudo cp ariali.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Italic.ttf sudo cp arialbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Bold.ttf sudo cp arialbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp arial.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial.ttf sudo cp ariblk.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Arial_Black.ttf sudo cp comicbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS_Bold.ttf sudo cp comic.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS.ttf sudo cp cour.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New.ttf sudo cp courbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New_Bold.ttf sudo cp courbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp couri.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Courier_New_Italic.ttf sudo cp georgiaz.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp georgiab.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia_Bold.ttf sudo cp georgiai.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia_Italic.ttf sudo cp georgia.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Georgia.ttf sudo cp impact.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Impact.ttf sudo cp times.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman.ttf sudo cp timesbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Bold.ttf sudo cp timesbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp timesi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Times_New_Roman_Italic.ttf sudo cp trebuc.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS.ttf sudo cp trebucbd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS_Bold.ttf sudo cp trebucbi.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp trebucit.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Trebuchet_MS_Italic.ttf sudo cp verdanab.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana_Bold.ttf sudo cp verdanai.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana_Italic.ttf sudo cp verdanaz.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana_Bold_Italic.ttf sudo cp verdana.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Verdana.ttf sudo cp webdings.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/mscorefonts/Webdings.ttf #Clean up cd ~ rm -r /tmp/mscorefonts and sudo dpkg --configure -a voila -- package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 2.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431217 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
