Public bug reported: When this package is installed, it attempts to download the fonts then fails due to timeout. I am installing this app as part of the ubuntu- restricted-extras.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/27.6 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 139045 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6ubuntu2_all.deb ... mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) over (3.6ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.186) ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 400 Bad Request [IP: 52.84.125.48 443] E: Failed to fetch https://downloads.sourceforge.net/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/corefonts/andale32.exe 400 Bad Request [IP: 52.84.125.48 443] E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu2) ... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Sep 27 17:49:44 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-27 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: msttcorefonts UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720018 Title: Doesn't complete installation due to lack of fonts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1720018/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs