[Bug 1720018] [NEW] Doesn't complete installation due to lack of fonts

[Anmar Oueja]

Public bug reported:

When this package is installed, it attempts to download the fonts then
fails due to timeout.  I am installing this app as part of the ubuntu-
restricted-extras.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/27.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 139045 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6ubuntu2_all.deb ...
mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) over (3.6ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.186) ...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  400  Bad Request [IP: 52.84.125.48 443]
E: Failed to fetch https://downloads.sourceforge.net/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/corefonts/andale32.exe  400  Bad Request [IP: 52.84.125.48 443]
E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu2) ...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Sep 27 17:49:44 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session

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Title:
  Doesn't complete installation due to lack of fonts

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When this package is installed, it attempts to download the fonts then
  fails due to timeout.  I am installing this app as part of the ubuntu-
  restricted-extras.

  sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/27.6 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 139045 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
  Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) over (3.6ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.186) ...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
    400  Bad Request [IP: 52.84.125.48 443]
  E: Failed to fetch https://downloads.sourceforge.net/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/#!/corefonts/andale32.exe  400  Bad Request [IP: 52.84.125.48 443]
  E: Download Failed
  Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.6ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu2) ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Sep 27 17:49:44 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-27 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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