[Bug 246902] Re: Allow local file search on msttcorefonts - msttcorefonts/dldir not displayed

[Bernardo Mello]

Thank you for the replies. In fact, that bug doesn't affect me any more,
since I am free from that f. firewall.

Anyway, for the sake of making Ubuntu better, there it goes my reply to
Steve Langasek:

I completely agree with you that the installation must be as easy and
non-interrupted as possible for the COMMON case. However, failing to
install the fonts because you are can't download it or for any other
reason, is not the common case. In that situation, the installer should
explain the problem and the workarounds to the user and ask how to
proceed. Had the installer shown such a kindness, it would spare me
hours of fruitless googling.

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Title:
  Allow local file search on msttcorefonts - msttcorefonts/dldir not
  displayed

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: msttcorefonts

  I found several reports of people with problem in installing
  msttcorefonts without Internet access.  In my case, I have Internet
  access but a firewall blocks the download of these files by the
  installing program.  There are workarounds like

  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=203994.

  Whoever, besides being not a very elegant solution, it seems not to
  work on 8.04, because it doesn't install update-ms-fonts.

  I have a suggestion regarding that problem: Why not make the installer
  look for the .exe files not only in the remote sites but also in a
  local directory, /tmp, for example. In the case of failure when
  downloading the files, a message could be shown asking the files to be
  manually download on that directory. The same warning could be
  included in the package description too.

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