[Bug 464422] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade

[Titanio Verde]

¿Ya vamos 3 españoles? o.o

So you added Sourceforge mirrors IPs? Now APT can't do this all alone?
That would explain why I couldn't install VLC media player, too.

Anyway, that's an idea. I'm trying later~.

2009/11/30 JeiJo <jeijomix at hotmail.com>

> Ok, I'm from Spain and I did the following in the terminal:
>
> > sudo gedit /etc/hosts
>
> I added these hosts to the list:
>
> > 216.34.181.59 downloads.sourceforge.net
> > 212.219.56.167 kent.dl.sourceforge.net
> > 212.219.56.167 sunet.dl.sourceforge.net
> > 213.203.218.122 sunet.dl.sourceforge.net
> > 208.122.28.29 sunet.dl.sourceforge.net
> > 130.59.138.21 surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net
>
> Then:
>
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow --force ttf-mscorefonts-installer
>
> I take the "hosts solution" from the bug of this same package but in the
> 2.6 version cause with only the dpkg solution it didn't work for me. And
> now, with this two things, I got everything fine.
>
> Thanks very much for this support comunity.
>
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> package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464422
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>
> Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: New
> Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Debian: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> I upgraded my Desktop ubuntu from jaunty to karmic.
> During the upgrade I got the message "could not install
> ttf-mscorefonts-installer".
> I proceeded.
> At the end of the installation step (before cleaning step), I got again an
> error message about this ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
> Apport proposed to send informations to you.
> I said yes.
> Started collecting info ... but didn't finish.
> I pressed cancel (to apport)
> After a while I got a message saying that the upgrade was broken, and to
> try a   dpkg --configure -a  .
> The upgrade stopped.
> I attache the /var/log/dist-upgrades/    logs.
>
> I tried dpkg --configure -a, but it could not connect to the internet. So
> probably during the upgrade the connection to internet was lost (even if the
> NetworkManager Applet say there was one active connection).
> So after rebooting I could connect to the internet and execute successfully
>  dpkg --configure -a, which installed the fonts.
>
> Is it  possible to resume the upgrade to finish it (End of Installation
> step + Cleaning step) ?
>

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