*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1607535 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535
I have a workaround to propose, could not post on askubuntu because I had no
reputation score.
Before I get flamed, just to reiterate the word **workaround**.
Firstly, the .deb installer on Ubuntu is just a live installer that
pulls EXE files from sourceforge.net, we know the files are at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/.
What you need to do is to download all of them, put it into a
<whatever>/corefonts/ folder.
Host a simple web server on <whatever>, the simplest is starting up a NodeJS
web server.
I had an active Apache instance that I could use, so I did not need Node.
Next, we need to add a temporary host entry into /etc/hosts file:
<ip address of your server> downloads.sourceforge.net
Then, we need to temporarily allow APT to accept an invalid SSL cert,
which I followed from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/317695
/is-it-possible-to-have-apt-accept-an-invalid-certificate
Cleanup the previously failed installation just to be sure
sudo apt-get purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer
And then reinstall:
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Once done, naturally undo the temporary steps, and you are good to go.
IMHO, this way is better than other suggestions because it properly
marks the package as installed neither needing to "apt mark hold" nor
using debian repository .deb installer.
Hope this helps.
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