Public bug reported: In Ubuntu Xenial I try to reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer but it fails to download first font (andale32.exe) because user _apt has no permissions to access /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data- downloads/partial/
# apt-get install --reinstall msttcorefonts Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' instead of 'msttcorefonts' 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/29,5 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 266330 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ... mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) over (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.3) ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err: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: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch https://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... $ ls -l /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Jan 11 11:30 partial -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 11 11:30 ttf-mscorefonts-installer.failed $ grep _apt /etc/passwd _apt:x:125:65534::/nonexistent:/bin/false ** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1655565 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1655565/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
