ttf-mscorefonts-installer error message

[Vaclav Vasek]

I keep getting this error message on each startup

ttf-mscorefonts-installer

failed to get some kind of data - not direct quote.

Any way to stop it ? The command fails every time and lack of "missing data" does not seems to affect anything in particular.
It is just annoying, that's all.

[howefield]

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 ?

Try..

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.

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

will install the package.

[Autodave]

Here is the link that I have used: works everytime for me:

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2323229

[jim Kane]

see this post
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2344990

[Vaclav Vasek]

OK, I did this and I understand that the response , actually no repose, means the package is installed.

jim-desktop:~$ sudo touch /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer
[sudo] password for jim:
jim@jim-desktop:~$

But on last reboot I did not get the error message either.
I guess I'll see what develops next.
Not impressed getting errors which come and go and really do not have visible effect.

[howefield]

So, out of interest, did you have all the fonts installed or were any missing ?

[SurfaceUnits]

The location of the fonts store has been changed on the sourceforge server

[Vaclav Vasek]

Sorry for the delayed response.
I am no longer receiving the error message on boot.
As far as knowing if I have the fonts in question installed - I do not know and have no reason trying to find out if they are on my system.
I suppose if i ever use anything but defaults fonts I will find out.
I hope you understand my position.

[howefield]

I am no longer receiving the error message on boot.

Great, feel free to mark the thread as solved if you wish.

As far as knowing if I have the fonts in question installed - I do not know and have no reason trying to find out if they are on my system.

Installing a non default package on to your system might be reason enough to make sure it worked

I hope you understand my position.

Of course, your machine, your choices