Public bug reported:
Attempting to install MS TTF fonts fails:
$ sudo dpkg -P ttf-mscorefonts-installer
(Reading database ... 449542 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
Purging configuration files for ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2)
...
Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.2) ...
$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 115 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64
ttf-mscorefonts-installer all 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 [29.5 kB]
Fetched 29.5 kB in 0s (207 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
(Reading database ... 449535 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb
...
Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.2) ...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [969 B]
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Hash Sum mismatch
Fetched 969 B in 0s (2035 B/s)
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
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mirrorproblem?failedmirror=pilotfiber.dl.sourceforge.net
Hash Sum mismatch
E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 16 11:09:18 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-20 (392 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-16 (61 days ago)
** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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Fonts unable to be downloaded due to privileges error
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