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

[Nils Kassube]

zweiund40 wrote:
> 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?

The directory /root (including subdirectories) is only accessible by 
root and obviously the installer tried to access the file as another 
user (_apt).


Nils