Install of ttf core fonts fails

[johnaaronrose]

In 18.04: when I do "sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer" & say Yes to the EULA question, it fails: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 16s (12.2 kB/s)
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
Redirection from https to 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mirrorproblem?failedmirror=netix.dl.sourceforge.ne t' is forbidden [IP: 87.121.121.2 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/arial32.exe Redirection from https to 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mirrorproblem?failedmirror=netix.dl.sourceforge.ne t' is forbidden [IP: 87.121.121.2 443]
E: Download Failed

I've tried it repeatedly today after doing "sudo apt purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer" followed by "sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer".

Any ideas please?

[howefield]

As a workaround...

Create a folder in ~/home called mscorefonts and download the fonts from :


https://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/

and store them in the /home/$USER/mscorefonts folder that you created earlier, then run..


sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer

You should be prompted to give the path for the downloaded files and the rest should be self explanatory.

[johnaaronrose]

Thanks, howefield. Workaround Ok.

[howefield]

Thanks, howefield. Workaround Ok.

Cool, might be worth saving a copy of the fonts. This happens all too regularly with the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package.