[Bug 1713615] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails because Redirection from https to http is forbidden

Hassan Williamson 1713615 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon May 13 11:19:46 UTC 2019


Still happening on Ubuntu 18.04.2 with all the latest updates.

Purging the Ubuntu one and installing the Debian one worked for me too.


$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release:	18.04
Codename:	bionic


$ sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
[sudo] password for hazrpg: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  cabextract libmspack0
The following NEW packages will be installed
  cabextract libmspack0 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
0 to upgrade, 3 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 86.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 261 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y 
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libmspack0 amd64 0.6-3ubuntu0.2 [37.4 kB]
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 cabextract amd64 1.6-1.1 [21.8 kB]
Get:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 ttf-mscorefonts-installer all 3.6ubuntu2 [27.6 kB]
Fetched 86.7 kB in 0s (470 kB/s)                  
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package libmspack0:amd64.
(Reading database ... 227302 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libmspack0_0.6-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libmspack0:amd64 (0.6-3ubuntu0.2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package cabextract.
Preparing to unpack .../cabextract_1.6-1.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking cabextract (1.6-1.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libmspack0:amd64 (0.6-3ubuntu0.2) ...
Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.192.1.5) ...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB]
Fetched 198 kB in 23s (8,470 B/s)                                              
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe [554 kB]
Fetched 554 kB in 5s (122 kB/s)                                                
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe [168 kB]
Fetched 168 kB in 3s (62.3 kB/s)                                               
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe [246 kB]
Fetched 246 kB in 3s (77.0 kB/s)                                               
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe [646 kB]
Fetched 646 kB in 4s (178 kB/s)                                                
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe [392 kB]
Fetched 392 kB in 3s (129 kB/s)                                                
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe [173 kB]
Fetched 173 kB in 1s (147 kB/s)                                                
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe [662 kB]
Fetched 662 kB in 30s (22.3 kB/s)                                              
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe [357 kB]
Fetched 357 kB in 1s (283 kB/s)                                                
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe [352 kB]
Fetched 352 kB in 1s (237 kB/s)                                                
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe  
  Could not wait for server fd - select (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) [IP: 185.152.64.70 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://datapacket.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/webdin32.exe  Could not wait for server fd - select (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) [IP: 185.152.64.70 443]
E: Download Failed
Setting up cabextract (1.6-1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.12.6-0ubuntu2) ...


$ sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.7_all.deb
[omitting all the output except the end because it all works fine]
All done, no errors.
All fonts downloaded and installed.
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.12.6-0ubuntu2) ...

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails because Redirection from https to http
  is forbidden

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-restricted-extras package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  This started soon after upgrading to Artful.
  The logs below show the failure is not always in the same file.

  
  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6ubuntu1_all.deb ...
  mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
  Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu1) over (3.6ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.184) ...

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB]
  Fetched 198 kB in 10s (19.6 kB/s)                                              

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe [554 kB]
  Fetched 554 kB in 8s (66.4 kB/s)                                               

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe [168 kB]
  Fetched 168 kB in 5s (31.0 kB/s)                                               

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe [246 kB]
  Fetched 246 kB in 6s (40.1 kB/s)                                               

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe [646 kB]
  Fetched 646 kB in 12s (51.9 kB/s)                                              

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe [392 kB]
  Fetched 392 kB in 9s (40.5 kB/s)                                               

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe
  Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe
    Redirection from https to 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mirrorproblem?failedmirror=ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net' is forbidden [IP: 200.236.31.2 443]
  E: Failed to fetch https://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/impact32.exe  Redirection from https to 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mirrorproblem?failedmirror=ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net' is forbidden [IP: 200.236.31.2 443]
  E: Download Failed

  ...

  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6ubuntu1_all.deb ...
  mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
  Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu1) over (3.6ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.184) ...

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB]
  Fetched 198 kB in 5s (36.6 kB/s)                                               

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
  Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
    Redirection from https to 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mirrorproblem?failedmirror=ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net' is forbidden [IP: 200.236.31.2 443]
  E: Failed to fetch https://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/arial32.exe  Redirection from https to 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mirrorproblem?failedmirror=ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net' is forbidden [IP: 200.236.31.2 443]
  E: Download Failed

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
  Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
  Date: Tue Aug 29 07:11:50 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-04-28 (2679 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-08-28 (0 days ago)

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