[ttf-mscorefonts-installer] synaptic still rises error messages

[zweiund40]

Uh ... I've forgotten something.


sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer comes back with this error 
message:


     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://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the 
fonts/final/andale32.exe  Protocol "http" not supported or disabled in 
libcurl

     E: Download Failed


I perfectly know that a Microsoft exe is not executable on a linux 
system, but I think synaptic is facing the same issue and constantly 
rises the error message.



On 09.12.2016 13:10, zweiund40 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have question. synaptic packetmanager still repeatedly comes up with 
> the error message "Failure to download extra data files ... 
> ttf-mscorefonts-installer ..."
>
> I've already done some google searches and did some removings, 
> reinstallations, dpkg-reinstallations and -reconfigurations, accepted 
> the EULA bla bla bla. But none of them solved the issue. After a short 
> time synaptic still comes up with that error message. I checked the 
> dependencies and figured out that a lot of other packets need it, so I 
> think a deinstallation is no valid solution.
>
> That's why I'm now asking the professionals. Do you have any idea what 
> to do?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>