[Bug 1222654] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade

[California Robert]

I had a similar problem, it quit the install because the tiny terminal screen from the update window from the software center  didn't have enough room for the license (I saw a message about the terminal not being big enough briefly).  Editing /var/lib/dpkg/status (via sudo), removing the ttf-mscorefonts-installer section entirely, and then sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer in a "normal-sized" terminal window.
Note that when the license agreement comes up, you have to scroll down and look at the whole thing before the < OK > button becomes activated, it took a minute or two to figure that out (sometimes I'm slow).
Can't say if the size of the terminal screen when you installed it was the root cause (not 100% it was for me, but probably was), but that may be a legitimate bug for the package, that it is expecting a terminal minimum size and quitting in a half installed state.

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Title:
  package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu1 failed to
  install/upgrade

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Similar to all the others.  This stupid message occurs with every
  install of any app and every update, causing the process to error out.
  Canonical MUST FIX THIS THING before it makes me crazy.  Find some
  public domain equivalents for those fonts.  This erro showed up after
  I installed wine and had a hitch somehow, UBUNTU 13.04, then tried to
  install something else.  I looked and found numerous remedies, but
  none of them worked, and now I have forgotten WHAT I tried.    If I
  have to put up with this, I might as well go back to (Grrrr) Windows.
  DO I really need to say I FULLY EXPECT NO ERROR MESSAGE and I FULLY
  EXPECT that the ttf-mscorefonts-installer will complete without error
  and without harassing me with a STUPID license agreement?  If I need
  the fonts for wine, OF COURSE I ACCEPT IT.  So it should just alert me
  that I must abide by the agreement.  Nobody reads the damned thing
  anyway.  I certainly don't.

  We really need a way to forcibly REINSTALL and ACCEPT THE LICENSE
  agreement (assuming that's the problem).  How shall I do that?

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Sep  8 23:53:35 2013
  DuplicateSignature: package:ttf-mscorefonts-installer:3.4+nmu1ubuntu1:
  ErrorMessage:
   
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-30 (71 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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