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

[zweiund40]

Hi Gunnar,   the 17. post helped. wget the fonts and reconfigure the 
package. Now it works. Thanks


Hi Hugh,

I'm not that familiar with linux, so I'm not able to understand the full 
impact of installing a debian package in an Ubuntu system. I found it 
too risky, so I didn't dare it on my main system. Of course I know 
Ubuntu is debian derivative. It should work, but ...

Nevertheless I was curious so I tried it on a virtual machine and I got 
that output:

     root at pandora:~/Downloads# apt install 
~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb

     ... bla bla bla
     ... and a lot of output

     All done, no errors.
     N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file 
'/root/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb' couldn't be 
accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
     root at pandora:~/Downloads#

An error message at the very end of a long list of accomplished 
messages. Annoying! I don't understand it. I mean the required file is 
in that directory and I installed it as root. Why is there a permission 
problem?




On 09.12.2016 14:01, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> On 2016-12-09 13:50, Hugh Walker wrote:
>> No professional, but one of the easiest solutions is to use the 3.6
>> ttf-mscorefonts-installer package rather than the 3.4 version.
>>
>> wget 
>> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb 
>> -P ~/Downloads
>>
>> will download the package to your Downloads folder, and
>>
>> sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
>>
>> will install the package.
>>
>> That is, if you are using at least Ubuntu 16.04, if using an earlier
>> version install the .deb package with gdebi, Software Centre or
>> whatever you use to install local deb packages.
>
> Related bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1607535
>