[Bug 979477] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer installation popup and probable failure

[Steve Langasek]

Johnny, the issue you're seeing is not this bug; this bug is only about
apt proxy settings being applied in cases where admins are not prepared
to have them applied.

> Warning: Could not find 'gksudo', starting '/bin/bash' instead.  Please
> check your profile settings.

This is because gksudo is not included in Kubuntu.  A known issue with
the previous upload; I've filed this as bug #982032.

Your real issue is that the download failed at all at package install
time.

ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
    dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
    return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve
    fp = self.open(url, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 197, in open
    name = 'open_' + urltype
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects
flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.228.orig.tar.gz
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
    dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
    return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve
    fp = self.open(url, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 197, in open
    name = 'open_' + urltype
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects

I have not seen this error here.  It's a very strange error, as it
suggests that python's urllib was unable to parse the url that was
passed to it - the same url that's shown immediately above the failure
in the output.

Please file a separate bug report against the update-notifier package by
running the command 'ubuntu-bug update-notifier' from the affected
system, so we can capture information about anything that may be wrong
with your python installation.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to update-notifier in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/979477

Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer installation popup and probable failure

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Recently we see the following when ttf-mscorefonts-installer is
  installed, after accepting licensing terms, a popup appears with the
  following contents:

  The following packages requested additional data downloads after package
   installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be
   processed.
   .
   .
     ttf-mscorefonts-installer
   .
   .
   The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download
   again now.  Running this command requires an active Internet connection.

  It happens repeatedly if you do  apt-get install --reinstall ttf-
  mscorefonts-installer.

  Something is wrong in the move of the download from
  /usr/lib/msttcorefonts/update-ms-fonts to wherever it is supposed to
  live now.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/979477/+subscriptions