Cross listing this against apt as the msttcorefonts package for Xenial hasn't been updated since 2015-10-22 but this started happening recently, correlated to apt update for Xenial.
** Description changed: 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] + 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) ** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654573 Title: dowload of ttf-mscorefonts-installer failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1654573/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
