In a related manner, can I suggest that when apt-get is invoked with "-y", that means that the user really really wants the installer to proceed assuming yes, and without asking questions, and has probably written an unattended shell-script, which is not allowed to require user-interaction to confirm. In other words, the "-y" explicitly includes acceptance of the EULA. (Under no circumstances is "apt-get -y" allowed to hang, wating for interactive input).
Workaround: echo "ttf-mscorefonts-installer msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula boolean true" | debconf-set-selections apt-get -y ttf-mscorefonts-installer Also, the installer does not fetch tahoma. However, the following script fragment will, I add it here in case it's useful: echo "Installing Tahoma font" cd /tmp which cabextract >/dev/null || apt-get -y install cabextract [ ! -f /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/tahoma.ttf -o ! -f /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/tahomabd.ttf ] && wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/IELPKTH.CAB && cabextract -F 'tahoma*ttf' IELPKTH.CAB && mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ && mv -f tahoma*ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ && chmod 644 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/tahoma* && fc-cache && rm -f IELPKTH.CAB && echo "Installed Tahoma" cd - [I wrote this script, I just tested it successfully on Trusty, and I release it into the public domain] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222654 Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to install/upgrade, left in a half configured state To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1222654/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
