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 files are in the Microsoft Windows self-installing format, and are named andale32.exe, arial32.exe, arialb32.exe, comic32.exe, courie32.exe, georgi32.exe, impact32.exe, times32.exe, trebuc32.exe, verdan32.exe and webdin32.exe. Make sure the package is purged and no remaining setup triggers are remaining: sudo apt-get remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer Then in a terminal run: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer #(this will fail again most likely) sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer That should give you a "graphical" interface in the terminal. Then point to the directory with downloaded files like /home//Downloads/mscorefonts. Make sure no deb files are in there, the seem to be picked up too and then it fails. I hope that helps. Indeed the mirror checking needs to be improved. Why can Canonical not host these? Sourceforge seems to get increasingly crappy. -- 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 Debian To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1607535/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
