ttf-mscorefonts-ins won't complete

[RogerDavis]

This is just the simplest of the attempts made. Hopefully there are clues in there that someone can follow.

On Ubuntu 16.04, 64 bit
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roger@roger-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer
[sudo] password for roger:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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.
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 329314 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 (3.168.2) ...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB]
Fetched 198 kB in 2s (66.5 kB/s)
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
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)
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
The HTTP server sent an invalid Content-Range header
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arial32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
E: Failed to fetch https://cytranet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/arial32.exe The HTTP server sent an invalid Content-Range header

E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
roger@roger-desktop:~$
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At several times I have accepted the EULA, no help.

Thanks!

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please click on the wireless script in my signature, follow the directions for running it and posting the results back here using code tags.

[RogerDavis]

I have a wired connection. I used the wired commands, got this result
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roger@roger-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for roger:
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 306 kB in 1s (257 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
roger@roger-desktop:~$
roger@roger-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
roger@roger-desktop:~$
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I'll now reboot and see what happens.

The problem still exists. This is a desktop with no wireless capability, so I guess the wireless into script would have no function and no use.

[slickymaster]

I have a wired connection. I used the wired commands, got this result
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roger@roger-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for roger:
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 306 kB in 1s (257 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
roger@roger-desktop:~$
roger@roger-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
roger@roger-desktop:~$
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I'll now reboot and see what happens.

The problem still exists. This is a desktop with no wireless capability, so I guess the wireless into script would have no function and no use.
The prefix N: means that it's merely a notice and didn't block any action of apt like updating and upgrading. See this explanation of the origin and purpose of .ucf-dist files (http://askubuntu.com/a/573091/175814).

[howefield]

The script that the the package runs in order to download the fonts from the sourceforge server is pointing at the wrong location, as I understand it.

Try the following command in a terminal..


sudo touch /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer

You won't get any feedback in the terminal after entering the command but it should stop the prompts.

I'd suggest purging the 3.4 version of the package and install the 3.6 version instead as follows..


sudo apt purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer[code]

and then

[code]wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb -P ~/Downloads

will download the package to your Downloads folder, and


sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb

to install the package.