[Bug 1658443] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer popup - andale32.exe not found

[Sebastian Wiesendahl]

** Description changed:

  since a week or so the update-notfier is complaining that the download
  of additional files has failed:
  
  # Hinweise zur Aktualisierung
  
  Herunterladen von zusätzlichen Datendateien schlug fehl
  
  Die folgenden Pakete benötigen nach der Installation das Herunterladen
  zusätzlicher Daten, welche aber nicht heruntergeladen oder bearbeitet
  werden konnten.
  
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  
  Das Herunterladen wird später erneut versucht, oder Sie versuchen es
  jetzt gleich nochmal. Das Ausführen dieses Befehls benötigt eine aktive
  Internetverbindung.
  
- 
- 
- This bug seems similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/979477
+ This bug seems similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
+ /update-notifier/+bug/979477
  
  where it was considered to look up the following:
  
  $ sudo /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader
- [sudo] Passwort für sebastian: 
+ [sudo] Passwort für sebastian:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Fehl:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
-   404  Not Found
+   404  Not Found
  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: Keine Berechtigung)
  E: Fehlschlag beim Holen von https://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe  404  Not Found
  
  E: Herunterladen fehlgeschlagen
  
- 
  Here is a workaround proposed, which is not very user friendly:
  
  https://askubuntu.com/questions/862612/ttf-mscorefonts-installer-data-
  download-error-popup
+ 
+ And here is another which seems to be quite static:
+ 
+ https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/update-probleme-mit-ttf-mscorefonts-
+ installer/
+ 
+ 
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: update-notifier 3.168.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Jan 22 10:16:03 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-31 (143 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer popup - andale32.exe not found

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  since a week or so the update-notfier is complaining that the download
  of additional files has failed:

  # Hinweise zur Aktualisierung

  Herunterladen von zusätzlichen Datendateien schlug fehl

  Die folgenden Pakete benötigen nach der Installation das Herunterladen
  zusätzlicher Daten, welche aber nicht heruntergeladen oder bearbeitet
  werden konnten.

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer

  Das Herunterladen wird später erneut versucht, oder Sie versuchen es
  jetzt gleich nochmal. Das Ausführen dieses Befehls benötigt eine
  aktive Internetverbindung.

  This bug seems similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
  /update-notifier/+bug/979477

  where it was considered to look up the following:

  $ sudo /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader
  [sudo] Passwort für sebastian:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Fehl:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
    404  Not Found
  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: Keine Berechtigung)
  E: Fehlschlag beim Holen von https://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe  404  Not Found

  E: Herunterladen fehlgeschlagen

  Here is a workaround proposed, which is not very user friendly:

  https://askubuntu.com/questions/862612/ttf-mscorefonts-installer-data-
  download-error-popup

  And here is another which seems to be quite static:

  https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/update-probleme-mit-ttf-
  mscorefonts-installer/


  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: update-notifier 3.168.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Jan 22 10:16:03 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-31 (143 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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