I had this same problem, the first fix here, from xyphos, fixed the problem. his or her suggestion involving partial downloads
http://askubuntu.com/questions/463754/how-to-make-ttf-mscorefonts- installer-package-download-fonts-after-it-says-it-i Solution: sudo dpkg -P ttf-mscorefonts-installer sudo rm -rf /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/* sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642321 Title: Fonts unable to be downloaded due to privileges error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1642321/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
