Although the request was for Yakketty, it also has the the bug in Xenial. I did try to manually download arial32.exe and andale32.exe using wget and then copying them to /var/lib/update-notifier/package- data-downloads/partial. Doing so allowed the reconfigure to succeed.
sudo apt show apt-transport-https [sudo] password for admin0: Package: apt-transport-https Version: 1.2.19 Priority: standard Section: admin Source: apt Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team <[email protected]> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 213 kB Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp15), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2) Recommends: ca-certificates Task: standard Supported: 5y Download-Size: 26.0 kB APT-Manual-Installed: yes APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages Description: https download transport for APT This package enables the usage of 'deb https://foo distro main' lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list so that all package managers using the libapt-pkg library can access metadata and packages available in sources accessible over https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure). . This transport supports server as well as client authentication with certificates. [Before file downloads] sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer [sudo] password for admin0: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-4.4.0-64 linux-headers-4.4.0-64-generic linux-image-4.4.0-64-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-64-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 29.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B 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 (84.9 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 421788 files and directories currently installed.) 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 Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB] Fetched 198 kB in 7s (27.2 kB/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) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.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/arial32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch https://dronedata.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/arial32.exe Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... [After downloading arial32.exe and andale32.exe] sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-4.4.0-64 linux-headers-4.4.0-64-generic linux-image-4.4.0-64-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-64-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 421788 files and directories currently installed.) 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 Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [198 kB] Fetched 198 kB in 2s (78.4 kB/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) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe [554 kB] Fetched 554 kB in 6s (91.8 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arial32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arialb32.exe [168 kB] Fetched 168 kB in 3s (45.3 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arialb32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/comic32.exe [246 kB] Fetched 246 kB in 1s (179 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/comic32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/courie32.exe [646 kB] Fetched 646 kB in 4s (132 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/courie32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/georgi32.exe [392 kB] Fetched 392 kB in 22s (17.7 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/georgi32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/impact32.exe [173 kB] Fetched 173 kB in 6s (25.4 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/impact32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/times32.exe [662 kB] Fetched 662 kB in 9s (68.1 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/times32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/trebuc32.exe [357 kB] Fetched 357 kB in 1s (231 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/trebuc32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/verdan32.exe [352 kB] Fetched 352 kB in 1s (231 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/verdan32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe Get:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/webdin32.exe [185 kB] Fetched 185 kB in 1s (137 kB/s) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/webdin32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross- platform compatibility". This is no longer the case, but they are still available from third parties. You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use, but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes to the file name or packaging format. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting andale.inf extracting fontinst.exe extracting AndaleMo.TTF extracting ADVPACK.DLL extracting W95INF32.DLL extracting W95INF16.DLL All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arial32.exe extracting FONTINST.EXE extracting fontinst.inf extracting Ariali.TTF extracting Arialbd.TTF extracting Arialbi.TTF extracting Arial.TTF All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/arialb32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting AriBlk.TTF All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/comic32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Comicbd.TTF extracting Comic.TTF extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/courie32.exe extracting cour.ttf extracting courbd.ttf extracting courbi.ttf extracting fontinst.inf extracting couri.ttf extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/georgi32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Georgiaz.TTF extracting Georgiab.TTF extracting Georgiai.TTF extracting Georgia.TTF extracting fontinst.exe All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/impact32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting Impact.TTF extracting fontinst.inf All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/times32.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Times.TTF extracting Timesbd.TTF extracting Timesbi.TTF extracting Timesi.TTF extracting FONTINST.EXE All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/trebuc32.exe extracting FONTINST.EXE extracting trebuc.ttf extracting Trebucbd.ttf extracting trebucbi.ttf extracting trebucit.ttf extracting fontinst.inf All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/verdan32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting fontinst.inf extracting Verdanab.TTF extracting Verdanai.TTF extracting Verdanaz.TTF extracting Verdana.TTF All done, no errors. Extracting cabinet: /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/webdin32.exe extracting fontinst.exe extracting Webdings.TTF extracting fontinst.inf extracting Licen.TXT All done, no errors. All fonts downloaded and installed. Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658707 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer drop-priv warnings and download errors during install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1658707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
