Comment 17 for bug 1607535
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| Vincent Gerris (vgerris) wrote Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian | #17 |
I posted the workaround: https:/
The workaround is to grab the files manually from here for example: https:/
The files are (from the installer): Those files are in the Microsoft Windows self-installing format, and are named
andale32.exe, arial32.exe, arialb32.exe, comic32.exe, courie32.exe, georgi32.exe, impact32.exe, times32.exe, trebuc32.exe, verdan32.exe and webdin32.exe.
Make sure the package is purged and no remaining setup triggers are remaining:
sudo apt-get remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts
Then in a terminal run:
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts
sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts
That should give you a "graphical" interface in the terminal. Then point to the directory with downloaded files like /home//
Make sure no deb files are in there, the seem to be picked up too and then it fails.
I hope that helps. Indeed the mirror checking needs to be improved. Why can Canonical not host these? Sourceforge seems to get increasingly crappy.