[Bug 1649203] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer always complains about cannot download data because http is not support by libcurl?

[Nathanaël Naeri]

NOT the same error message as in bug 1607535 ("http disabled in libcurl"
vs. "404 not found") BUT a few users have seen this message too in bug
1607535 so both bugs MIGHT have the same cause (SourceForge servers are
unreliable and not adapted to headless downloads).

As with bug 1607535, you might have success working around this bug by
purging Ubuntu's 3.4 version of ttf-mscorefonts-installer and installing
Debian's 3.6 version instead. Please consult bug 1607535, test, and
report.

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer always complains about cannot download data
  because http is not support by libcurl?

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I always get this:

  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
  Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) over (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.3) ...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
    Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl
  W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
  E: Failed to fetch https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe  Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in libcurl

  E: Download Failed

  Moveover it's quite annoying that I got a window time from time to try
  to download but always fails and window remains ... (surely it can be
  closed manually till the next update)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-53.74-generic 4.4.30
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec 12 08:04:54 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-10 (520 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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