Public bug reported: I installed from scratch lubuntu 18.04.1 on my 32-bit netbook (previously running lubuntu 16.04). The installation went well and I was able to reboot the machines and installed other (non-tex-related) softwares. But when I tried to install texlive-latex I got massive errors. Eventually I tracked down the problem to a single package, fonts-lmodern. I used synaptic to purge all texlive related packages and then installed fonts-lmodern to isolate this one error message:
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.utexas.edu/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lmodern/fonts-lmodern_2.004.5-3_all.deb Connection failed [IP: 146.6.15.16 80] I posted this question in the "answers" sections of launchpad and eventually got help resolving this problem: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive- extra/+question/677188 Solution: edit /etc/apt/source.list by replacing all the http by https Note: (1) I ran into this problem with multiple texlive fonts; fonts- lmodern just happened to be the first one synaptic complained about. (2) These fonts packages (over 40 of them) are installed as part of texlive-latex-base; until I edited source.list as described above I was not able to install latex. Presumably that is an important tool for many people (certainly for me) so I report the bug (?) here, even though the answer section already resolves the issue. (3) I ran into this same issue in linux mint 19.1 xfce on a 64bit laptop. Mint's has a different repo setup and I have not yet figured out how to fix this. I also know that launchpad is not responsible for mint. I mention this solely to point out that (I believe) this is not a "32 bit issue". THANKS! ** Affects: texlive-extra (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1810009 Title: cannot install texlive fonts in 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-extra/+bug/1810009/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
