Public bug reported:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts due to a space in the URL
("...corefonts/the fonts/final..."):
'''
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
404 Not Found
E: Failed to fetch https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the
fonts/final/arial32.exe 404 Not Found
E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
'''
The folder on sourcefourge project should probably be named to something _not_
containting spaces, and/or the downloader script would have to be fixed to
handle the space by changing it to %20 so the fonts can be downloaded.
'''
sudo wget
https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe
-O /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe
--2017-01-11 05:37:50--
https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe
Resolving kent.dl.sourceforge.net (kent.dl.sourceforge.net)... 212.219.56.185
Connecting to kent.dl.sourceforge.net
(kent.dl.sourceforge.net)|212.219.56.185|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 198384 (194K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to:
‘/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe’
/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andal
100%[==============================================================================================================================================>]
193,73K 529KB/s in 0,4s
2017-01-11 05:37:51 (529 KB/s) -
‘/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/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: Wed Jan 11 05:38:48 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-30 (1017 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-14 (241 days ago)
** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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