[Bug 921889] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Steve Lockett]

Ubuntu 13.04

Launched PlayOnLinux from Ubuntu Software Center.
EULA appeared to install this module, after which an error-dialog was displayed.

As with #27, was directed to this page but I see no fix that doesn't
require knowledge of Terminal. Will try workaround in #17.

General comment:
Whilst the fix in #17 is something that I can work with (beginner to intermediate wrt Linux in general), the fact that this seems to have been around since Ubuntu 10.04 I find mildly disappointing. 

CLI fixes will confound new adopters of Linux if using Ubuntu,
particularly as it is one of the two most touted distros to use:
remember that most of these people will rarely have seen or used the
command line in Windows.

Considering that PlayOnLinux is recommended to run, love it or hate it,
iTunes in lieu of there being a native Linux iTunes app and that there
would be a fair number of converts who have an iTunes account, I would
have thought that solving this issue so that no CLI interaction is
required would have been a priority to ease the pain of "Windows-
separation" until such time as a Linux-native app is developed.

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Title:
  package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error
  exit status 128

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  It happens when i installed "play on linux" software.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic 2.6.32.52+drm33.21
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jan 25 21:07:19 2012
  ErrorMessage: el subproceso script pre-installation nuevo devolvió el código de salida de error 128
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110720.1)
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso script pre-installation nuevo devolvió el código de salida de error 128

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