I think this can be due to the wrong sourceforge download url? The url http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe does not seem to be valid... probably it should be http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe/download
indeed I get this Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 283869 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 (using .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4ubuntu3_all.deb) ... mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted Unpacking replacement ttf-mscorefonts-installer ... Processing triggers for fontconfig ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve fp = self.open(url, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open return getattr(self, name)(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 358, in open_http return self.http_error(url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 371, in http_error result = method(url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 664, in http_error_301 return self.http_error_302(url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 634, in http_error_302 data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 660, in redirect_internal return self.open(newurl) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open return getattr(self, name)(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 358, in open_http return self.http_error(url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 371, in http_error result = method(url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 634, in http_error_302 data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 660, in redirect_internal return self.open(newurl) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open return getattr(self, name)(url) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 344, in open_http h.endheaders(data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 954, in endheaders self._send_output(message_body) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 814, in _send_output self.send(msg) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 776, in send self.connect() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 757, in connect self.timeout, self.source_address) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 571, in create_connection raise err -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921889 Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/921889/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
