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  1. #11
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    Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer won't run/work

    I was having the same problems. Running
    sudo rm -rf /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/*
    followed by
    sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
    fixed it. Thank you!

  2. #12
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    Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer won't run/work

    Quote Originally Posted by stroudmw View Post
    I was having the same problems. Running
    sudo rm -rf /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/*
    followed by
    sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
    fixed it. Thank you!
    I'm running 16.04, and the last few months, the request to re-install the installer, has been hitting he exact same problem.. But......
    the above sequence, is hitting the following:

    Code:
     sudo rm -rf /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/* 
    [sudo] password for gelfling6: 
    gelfling6@JoGrant:~$ sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer 
    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.
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    (Reading database ... 583167 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
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB]
    Fetched 198 kB in 8s (22.2 kB/s)                                               
    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
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe [554 kB]
    Fetched 554 kB in 27s (20.1 kB/s)                                              
    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)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe [168 kB]
    Fetched 168 kB in 7s (21.5 kB/s)                                               
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arialb32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe [246 kB]
    Fetched 246 kB in 11s (20.8 kB/s)                                              
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/comic32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe [646 kB]
    Fetched 646 kB in 13s (46.9 kB/s)                                              
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/courie32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe [392 kB]
    Fetched 392 kB in 7s (55.5 kB/s)                                               
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/georgi32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe [173 kB]
    Fetched 173 kB in 5s (34.1 kB/s)                                               
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/impact32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe [662 kB]
    Fetched 662 kB in 21s (30.3 kB/s)                                              
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/times32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe [357 kB]
    Fetched 357 kB in 9s (36.2 kB/s)                                               
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/trebuc32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe [352 kB]
    Fetched 352 kB in 18s (19.3 kB/s)                                              
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/verdan32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe
    Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe [185 kB]
    Fetched 185 kB in 2s (91.7 kB/s)                                               
    W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/webdin32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
    
    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.
    
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting andale.inf
      extracting fontinst.exe
      extracting AndaleMo.TTF
      extracting ADVPACK.DLL
      extracting W95INF32.DLL
      extracting W95INF16.DLL
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arial32.exe
      extracting FONTINST.EXE
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting Ariali.TTF
      extracting Arialbd.TTF
      extracting Arialbi.TTF
      extracting Arial.TTF
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arialb32.exe
      extracting fontinst.exe
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting AriBlk.TTF
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/comic32.exe
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting Comicbd.TTF
      extracting Comic.TTF
      extracting fontinst.exe
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/courie32.exe
      extracting cour.ttf
      extracting courbd.ttf
      extracting courbi.ttf
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting couri.ttf
      extracting fontinst.exe
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/georgi32.exe
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting Georgiaz.TTF
      extracting Georgiab.TTF
      extracting Georgiai.TTF
      extracting Georgia.TTF
      extracting fontinst.exe
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/impact32.exe
      extracting fontinst.exe
      extracting Impact.TTF
      extracting fontinst.inf
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/times32.exe
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting Times.TTF
      extracting Timesbd.TTF
      extracting Timesbi.TTF
      extracting Timesi.TTF
      extracting FONTINST.EXE
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/trebuc32.exe
      extracting FONTINST.EXE
      extracting trebuc.ttf
      extracting Trebucbd.ttf
      extracting trebucbi.ttf
      extracting trebucit.ttf
      extracting fontinst.inf
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/verdan32.exe
      extracting fontinst.exe
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting Verdanab.TTF
      extracting Verdanai.TTF
      extracting Verdanaz.TTF
      extracting Verdana.TTF
    
    All done, no errors.
    Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/webdin32.exe
      extracting fontinst.exe
      extracting Webdings.TTF
      extracting fontinst.inf
      extracting Licen.TXT
    
    All done, no errors.
    All fonts downloaded and installed.
    Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
    The files seem to be downloading, and installing, but... still getting the 13: Permission-Denied .... is this just a fluke, or is it getting through?

  3. #13
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    Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer won't run/work

    @gelfling6, please start your own thread because it is better for you then posting in a thread that is solved.
    Thanks

  4. #14
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    Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer won't run/work

    There is an issue with the 3.4 ttf-mscorefonts package that ships with 16.04.

    Have you got the fonts downloaded, you should have Andale Mono, Arial Black, Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Verdana and Webdings ? Load up, say, LibreOffice Writer and check for those fonts...

    If the fonts are present, to get rid of the nag screen try..

    Code:
    sudo touch /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer
    If that fails I'd suggest purging the package and installing the 3.6 version of the package.

    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

    Code:
    sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
    will install the package.

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