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

[Robin]

In reply to #13 above, the version on 16.04 is *not* 3.6, but rather
3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 (xenial). Version 3.6, as noted at #7 above, uses a set
of 9 alternative paths, rather than the single path of 3.4.

The solution that has been adopted for multiple installs of Ubuntu,
14.04 and 16.04 is to install the Debian version immediately after the
base Ubuntu install. The procedure has worked, so far, but is ugly. The
necessity of doing this does little for the good reputation of Ubuntu as
offering "just works" software.

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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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