[Bug 1283746] Re: Should be able to cancel installation by rejecting EULA

[Amanda Bee]

There is a good discussion of this at:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/425085/did-i-accept-the-tts-mscorefonts-
installer-eula/425105

 + because the package `ttf-mscorefonts-installer`  is included in other meta packages (or can be), the error should make it clear what package will be affected by this EULA
 + It isn't clear what "This software" refers to in the error message. It appears, based on behavior that "this software" means the fonts in the TrueType Core Fonts for the Web package. Not the `ttf-mscorefonts-installer` package. 
 + "The installation of this program will be cancelled" is similarly cryptic.  
 + I didn't have the opportunity to actively decline, I simply did not accept. Saying I "declined" suggests that I managed to so something. 

A more clear message might be this:

> You did not accept  "TrueType Core Fonts for the Web EULA "
> If you do not agree to the "TrueType Core Fonts for the Web EULA " license terms,  ttf-mscorefonts-installer cannot install these fonts.  This installer package has been installed, but installation of the "TrueType Core Fonts for the Web" will be cancelled. 

Note that there's also a typo in the form of an extra space in `for the
Web EULA "`

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Title:
  Should be able to cancel installation by rejecting EULA

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  
  It isn't clear how to reject the EULA and cancel the installation of ttf-mscorefonts-installer.

  Installing via Synaptic, I first get a dialog that includes the full
  text of the EULA and a checkbox labelled "Do you accept the license
  terms?" There is a help button and a forward button but no way to
  explicitly decline the EULA.

  <img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/Y8WKV.png" width="250" alt="install
  step 1" />

  On the second step, a user who has selected "Forward" without checking
  the EULA box sees a new message:

  > Declined  "TrueType Core Fonts for the Web EULA "
  > If you do not agree to the "TrueType Core Fonts for the Web EULA " license terms you cannot install this software. the installation of this program will be cancelled:

  <img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/nxUHt.png" width="250" alt="install
  step 2" />

  However, installation is not cancelled. `dpkg-query` clearly shows the
  package as installed:

      amanda at mona:~$ dpkg-query -l ttf-mscorefonts-installer
      Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
      | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
      |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
      ||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
      +++-==============-============-============-=================================
      ii  ttf-mscorefont 3.4+nmu1ubun all          Installer for Microsoft TrueTyp

  
  The first screen should give a user the option to explicitly reject the EULA, and having rejected it, installation should actually be cancelled.

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