[Bug 1755923] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Wed Mar 14 21:30:07 UTC 2018

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Title:
  package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script
  returned error exit status 1

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The mscorefont issue continues unabated!

  Every morning I am greeted with an autoupdater dialogue telling me
  that the ms core ttf fonts can't be installed. This morning I try
  using the CL and get this:

  ```
  ~ $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    libqmi-glib1 linux-headers-4.4.0-101 linux-headers-4.4.0-101-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-103 linux-headers-4.4.0-103-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-104 linux-headers-4.4.0-104-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-109
    linux-headers-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-4.4.0-101-generic linux-image-4.4.0-103-generic linux-image-4.4.0-104-generic linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-101-generic
    linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-104-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic
  Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
  0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to reinstall, 0 to remove and 10 not to upgrade.
  Need to get 29.5 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 ttf-mscorefonts-installer all 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 [29.5 kB]
  Fetched 29.5 kB in 0s (136 kB/s)                   
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 628677 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
  Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) over (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.8) ...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
    Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl
  E: Failed to fetch https://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl

  E: Download Failed
  Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...

  These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
  platform compatibility".  This is no longer the case, but they are
  still available from third parties.

  You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
  but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
  to the file name or packaging format.

  /home/<userredacted>/fonts/*: No such file or directory

  All done, errors in processing 1 file(s)
  mv: cannot stat 'andalemo.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'ariblk.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'arial.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'arialbd.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'arialbi.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'ariali.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'comic.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'comicbd.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'cour.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'courbd.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'couri.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'courbi.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'georgia.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'georgiab.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'georgiai.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'georgiaz.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'impact.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'times.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'timesbd.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'timesbi.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'timesi.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'trebuc.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'trebucbd.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'trebucit.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'trebucbi.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'verdana.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'verdanab.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'verdanai.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'verdanaz.ttf': No such file or directory
  mv: cannot stat 'webdings.ttf': No such file or directory
  One or more fonts could not be extracted.
  The fonts are NOT installed.
  Please run 'dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer' to perform the installation again
  dpkg: error processing package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  ```

  Can we please just let sourceforge die and move somewhere else?

  System/package details:

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
  Release:	16.04
  ~ $ apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer 
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
    Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
    Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500
          500 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages
          500 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135-generic 4.4.98
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
  AptOrdering:
   ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Install
   ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Configure
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar 15 07:48:13 2018
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-07 (645 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
   apt  1.2.25
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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