[xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 120, Issue 26

[Mindaugas]

Hello. This is a confirmed bug in Xenial Xerus (16.04). First, delete 
everything related to msttcorefonts, then |wget 
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb, 
and then ||sudo dpkg -i ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb|


On 01/16/2017 02:00 PM, xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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>     3. Re:  Receiving error message on updates (Jack Fromm)
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> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 08:41:38 -0800
> From: "John R. Sowden" <jsowden at americansentry.net>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [xubuntu-users] Receiving error message on updates
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> I have been receiving this error message for about 2 weeks. It says:
> The following packages requested additional data downloads after package
> installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be
> processed.     ttf-mscorefonts-installer
>
> The data appears to be Microsoft brand fonds.  I use Linux (Xubuntu
> 16.04).  I run Libra-office for a program that might use these fonts.  I
> do not use MS brand fonts, although my spreadsheets come up with Arial,
> which I must change to FreeSans.
>
> When I "run this action now", it opens a terminal, asks for my root
> password and appears to try to download files with a .exe file type.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> John
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> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:56:32 +0100
> From: Fran?ois P. Rotzinger <Am843 at gmx.ch>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Receiving error message on updates
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> A simple solution: install "wine", and all of these fonts are installed.
> Otherwise, you can install the MS fonts manually in /usr/share/fonts
>
> Fran?ois
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> On 01/15/2017 05:41 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
>> I have been receiving this error message for about 2 weeks. It says:
>> The following packages requested additional data downloads after
>> package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could
>> not be processed.     ttf-mscorefonts-installer
>>
>> The data appears to be Microsoft brand fonds.  I use Linux (Xubuntu
>> 16.04).  I run Libra-office for a program that might use these fonts.
>> I do not use MS brand fonts, although my spreadsheets come up with
>> Arial, which I must change to FreeSans.
>>
>> When I "run this action now", it opens a terminal, asks for my root
>> password and appears to try to download files with a .exe file type.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>

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