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msttcorefonts package

  1. Bug #1607535
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 1607535

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corvidism (corvidism) wrote : Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

This bug is still (again?) happening to me on 16.04. The ttf-mscorefonts-downloader repeatedly fails on the first file (andale32.exe). And this is obviously the 3.6 Debian version, because it reports multiple mirrors - so far it has been freefr.dl.sourceforge.net and vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net.

Both return the file OK when I access them through browser, so I suspect SourceForge might be checking cookies.

As have been said in Bug #1371783, SourceForge has become extremely unreliable for automated downloads - I really think the files need to be hosted elsewhere.

(IMHO, The best temporary fix would be James-pic's GitHub hosted version of the package https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1371783/comments/42 but the PPA doesn't work for xenial - I reached out to James-pic, I'll report back when/if it's available)