The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it

The output I get from step 5 of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure:

I have the same problem here.
I've tried the step 5 of the instructions and it still doesn't work.

Here's the output:

marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 120, in <module>
    with apt.Cache() as cache:
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 105, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 151, in open
    self._depcache = apt_pkg.DepCache(self._cache)
SystemError: E:The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ echo $http_proxy

marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ uname -a
Linux nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR 3.11.0-13-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 17:26:33 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Ign http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease
Ign http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports InRelease
Get:1 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:2 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:3 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:4 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release [49,6 kB]
Get:5 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release [49,6 kB]
Get:6 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release [49,6 kB]
Get:7 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources [1.009 kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:9 http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:10 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Sources [4.759 B]
Get:11 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Sources [6.108 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release [49,6 kB]
Get:13 http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release [9.753 B]
Get:14 http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources [14 B]
Get:15 http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources [14,3 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources [6.794 B]
Get:19 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages [1.238 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages [42,4 kB]
Get:21 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted i386 Packages [9.688 B]
Get:22 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages [5.652 kB]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages [17,6 kB]
Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en [19,9 kB]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:27 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en [711 kB]
Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en [10,9 kB]
Get:29 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en [2.686 B]
Get:30 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en [3.886 kB]
Get:31 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Sources [46,1 kB]
Get:32 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:33 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Sources [18,5 kB]
Get:34 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main i386 Packages [117 kB]
Get:35 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:36 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe i386 Packages [52,5 kB]
Get:37 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en [55,5 kB]
Get:38 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:39 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en [29,4 kB]
Get:40 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Sources [14 B]
Get:41 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:42 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Sources [795 B]
Get:43 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:44 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:45 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe i386 Packages [602 B]
Get:46 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en [14 B]
Get:47 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:48 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en [617 B]
Fetched 19,3 MB in 11s (1.725 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libavutil-extra-51:i386 (6:0.8.9ubuntu0.13.10.1) ...
Setting up libzvbi-common (0.2.33-7) ...
Setting up libenca0:i386 (1.14-3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libwildmidi-config (0.2.3.4-2.1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libspandsp2 (0.0.6~pre20-3.1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libgles2-mesa:i386 (9.2.1-1ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libdvdread4:i386 (4.2.0+20130219-2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libwildmidi1:i386 (0.2.3.4-2.1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libcdaudio1 (0.99.12p2-13) ...
Setting up libflite1:i386 (1.4-release-7) ...
Setting up libopenal-data (1:1.14-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libdirac-encoder0:i386 (1.0.2-6ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libgsm1:i386 (1.0.13-4) ...
Setting up libva1:i386 (1.1.1-3) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Setting up liboil0.3:i386 (0.3.17-2ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libfluidsynth1:i386 (1.1.6-2) ...
Setting up libmms0:i386 (0.6.2-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libzbar0 (0.10+doc-9) ...
Setting up libopencore-amrwb0:i386 (0.1.3-2) ...
Setting up libmodplug1 (1:0.8.8.4-4) ...
Setting up libmpcdec6 (2:0.1~r459-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libopenjpeg2:i386 (1.3+dfsg-4.6ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libdca0:i386 (0.0.5-6) ...
Setting up libass4:i386 (0.10.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libsoundtouch0:i386 (1.7.1-2) ...
Setting up libmjpegutils-2.0-0 (1:2.0.0+debian-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libswscale2:i386 (6:0.8.9-0ubuntu0.13.10.1) ...
Setting up libgme0 (0.5.5-2) ...
Setting up libopencore-amrnb0:i386 (0.1.3-2) ...
Setting up libopenal1:i386 (1:1.14-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libschroedinger-1.0-0:i386 (1.0.11-2) ...
Setting up libmpg123-0:i386 (1.15.3-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libopus0 (1.0.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libvo-amrwbenc0:i386 (0.1.2-1) ...
Setting up libkate1 (0.4.1-1) ...
Setting up libdc1394-22:i386 (2.2.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libfftw3-double3:i386 (3.3.3-5ubuntu1) ...
Setting up cabextract (1.4-4) ...
Setting up libx264-123:i386 (2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libvo-aacenc0:i386 (0.1.2-1) ...
Setting up libxvidcore4:i386 (2:1.3.2-9ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libmimic0 (1.0.4-2.1build1) ...
Setting up tsconf (1.0-11) ...
Setting up libzvbi0:i386 (0.2.33-7) ...
Setting up libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0 (1:2.0.0+debian-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libmp3lame0:i386 (3.99.5+repack1-3) ...
Setting up chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (30.0.1599.114-0ubuntu0.13.10.2) ...
Setting up libdvdnav4:i386 (4.2.0+20130225-3) ...
Setting up libpostproc52:i386 (6:0.8.9-0ubuntu0.13.10.1) ...
Setting up libmplex2-2.0-0 (1:2.0.0+debian-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libfaac0:i386 (1.28-5) ...
Setting up libmpeg2-4:i386 (0.5.1-5) ...
Setting up libmad0:i386 (0.15.1b-7ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libfaad2:i386 (2.7-8) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 ...
Setting up libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0:i386 (0.10.23-7ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libslv2-9 (0.6.6+dfsg1-2) ...
Setting up libfftw3-3:i386 (3.3.3-5ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libavcodec-extra-53:i386 (6:0.8.9ubuntu0.13.10.1) ...
Setting up libts-0.0-0:i386 (1.0-11) ...
Setting up libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386 (1.2.10.0-5) ...
Setting up libofa0 (0.9.3-5) ...
Setting up libavformat53:i386 (6:0.8.9-0ubuntu0.13.10.1) ...
Setting up gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:i386 (0.10.23-7ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Ign http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease
Ign http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports InRelease
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Hit http://br.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$
marcely@nlp233-POS-ECMCP73TVAR:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted
     6 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted
    11 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted
    12
    13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16 deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy universe
    17 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy universe
    18 deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates universe
    20
    21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25 ## security team.
    26
    27 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    28 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    29 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    30 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    31 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    32 deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-backports main restricted universe
    33 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-backports main restricted universe
    34
    35 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy-security main restricted
    36 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy-security main restricted
    37 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy-security universe
    38 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy-security universe
    39
    40 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    41 ## 'partner' repository.
    42 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    43 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    44 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner
    45 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner
    46
    47 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    48 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    49 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy main
    50 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy main

Thank you Manfred!

Re-enabling the multiverse repository in the Software & Updates dialogue worked.

I'm now able to use apt-get install.

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.