[Bug 1645253] Re: Download script fails

[Vincent Gerris]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1607535 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535

Indeed. I posted a workaround to have it run here:
https://askubuntu.com/a/857970/585518

A copy:

There is an issue with the sourceforge downloads (mirrors and redirects
being slow and/or failing). To workaround this you can grab the files
manually from here for example:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/ and
save them in the same directory (say mscorefonts).

The files are (from the installer): Those files are in the Microsoft
Windows self-installing format, and are named

andale32.exe, arial32.exe, arialb32.exe, comic32.exe, courie32.exe, georgi32.exe, impact32.exe, times32.exe, trebuc32.exe, verdan32.exe and webdin32.exe.
Make sure the package is purged and no remaining setup triggers are remaining:

sudo apt-get remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Then in a terminal run:

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer #(this will fail again most likely)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer
That should give you a "graphical" interface in the terminal. Then point to the directory with downloaded files like /home//Downloads/mscorefonts.

Make sure no deb files are in there, the seem to be picked up too and
then it fails.

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Title:
  Download script fails

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hello,

  Trying to figure out a font issue, I removed ttf-mscorefonts-installer and reinstalled it, but fonts download script fails for at least 10 days. The terminal window always closes after a few seconds , without completing.
  Here is a screenshot I made right before it closes. There is errors.
  https://framapic.org/86c1SgxnpcIV/p3P5wuhMVJV6.png

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
  Uname: Linux 4.6.4-040604-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Nov 28 10:02:54 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (218 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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