Public bug reported: I always get this:
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 (3.168.3) ... 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 W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl E: Download Failed Moveover it's quite annoying that I got a window time from time to try to download but always fails and window remains ... (surely it can be closed manually till the next update) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-53.74-generic 4.4.30 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Dec 12 08:04:54 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-10 (520 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: msttcorefonts UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1649203 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer always complains about cannot download data because http is not support by libcurl? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1649203/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs