** Package changed: aptitude (Ubuntu) => msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: xenial
** Description changed: Note that I am reporting this bug against the package "msttcorefonts", but it actually affects "ttf-mscorefonts-installer". 1) What I expect to happen: The ms core fonts should be downloaded and installed. 2) What actually happens: The installer attempts to download the fonts, but fails with a 404. 3) Error message: - root@host:~# apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer + root@host:~# apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done - Building dependency tree + Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: - ttf-mscorefonts-installer + ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer. (Reading database ... 316325 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 Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe - 404 Not Found + 404 Not Found 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://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe 404 Not Found E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... 4) Version info root@host:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 - root@root:~# apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer + root@host:~# apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-mscorefonts-installer: - Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 - Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 - Version table: - *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500 - 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages - 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 + Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 + Version table: + *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500 + 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages + 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 5) More hints: The url reported by the installer actually works in the browser. My (un-educated) guess is that the error may be related to the whitespace in the redirect url. (".../corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1647969 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts, returns 404 Not Found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1647969/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
