ttf-mscorefonts-installer errors

[Cossar]

Hey guys, tried searching around and couldn't find an answer to this problem. Right now I'm trying to work through ubuntu-freak's excellent howto on sound and video because my flash applications have no sound. However, when I try to run scripts I get this error:

dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

This happens when I run any apt-get applications.

[kerry_s]

sudo apt-get -f install

[Cossar]

This is what I get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (2.6) ...

These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
platform compatibility".  This is no longer the case, but they are
still available from third parties.

You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
to the file name or packaging format.

Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
andale32.exe: No such file or directory

All done, errors in processing 1 file(s)
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[kerry_s]

are you using a proxy?

[Cossar]

No. That's why it's so weird..

[sblunix]

I had this exact same problem as well when trying to install flashplugin-nonfree... IDK why! > I ended up doing a full system reinstall because I need flash...

[kerry_s]

No. That's why it's so weird..

check the system network settings, make sure it's not set to auto proxy.

[Cossar]

Checked the Network Proxy, and it was set to auto proxy so I set it to direct connection. I rebooted, but I still get that error.

[jeegiz]

I had the same problem, i guess it is related to the automatic proxy settings. But after i set it back to direct connection, it still did not work.

I got it working after i removed ttf-mscorefonts-installer.deb file from the /var/cache/apt/archives folder, so apt had to download package again.

[Cossar]

Sweet, thanks for the fix. This is a dumb question, but I get an "access denied" notification when I try to delete it, even though I gave Active console authorizations for all the options in Authorizations. Do I have to add explicit authorizations for my user?