Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: msttcorefonts
Ubuntu 8.10 msttcorefonts 2.5
Attempted to download and install package using "add/remove". Should have just
downloaded and installed automatically.
The download/install started ok, but after some minutes the terminal window
started to show "time-outs" and failure to complete on some of the fonts.
Eventually, a warning flag popped up to inform me that the process had
"crashed". After several more minutes, the terminal window showed the process
had given up with multiple failures. I closed the terminal and went back to
"add/remove" to retry the download. The package was shown as installed (tick in
box) so attempted to remove the packge by un-ticking the box. After multiple
attempts, the system advised me to go to terminal with two messages 1. "E: dpkg
--configure -a
and 2. E:cache ->open () failed.
I went to the terminal and invoked "sudo dpkg --configure -a" which restarted
the download process in the terminal and it completed properly.
NB. I am a newbie so any queries to me in plain non-technical English
please. :-))
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: msttcorefonts 2.5
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package msttcorefonts 2.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686
** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-package
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msttcorefonts failed to install. System reported the activity had crashed.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306183
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