[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

[corvidism]

This bug is still (again?) happening to me on 16.04. The ttf-
mscorefonts-downloader repeatedly fails on the first file
(andale32.exe). And this is obviously the 3.6 Debian version, because it
reports multiple mirrors - so far it has been freefr.dl.sourceforge.net
and vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net.

Both return the file OK when I access them through browser, so I suspect
SourceForge might be checking cookies.

As have been said in Bug #1371783, SourceForge has become extremely
unreliable for automated downloads - I really think the files need to be
hosted elsewhere.

(IMHO, The best temporary fix would be James-pic's GitHub hosted version
of the package
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1371783/comments/42
but the PPA doesn't work for xenial - I reached out to James-pic, I'll
report back when/if it's available)

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts
  and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  As noted in
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1371783/comments/45,
  the current 3.4 version of ttf-mscorefonts-installer searches for the
  font files in an incorrect network location. The consequence of this
  is that the core fonts are never installed.

  The Debian (upstream) version 3.6 of ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  searches for the font files in the correct network location, and will
  successfully install the core fonts.

  This problem occurs with Ubuntu 16.04 as of July 2016. (And with
  earlier versions, including current LTS.)

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