Public bug reported: Even though I installed Ubuntu 12.04 beta2 with the option 'install 3rd party software', I noticed today that the msttcorefonts package had not been installed on my system. I then installed the package by hand and noticed that it installed Flash as well, while AFAIK it should not:
matthijs-1204@HP-ProBook-6550b-MtK-precise:~/$ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' instead of 'msttcorefonts' The following extra packages will be installed: cabextract The following NEW packages will be installed: cabextract ttf-mscorefonts-installer 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 69.6 kB of archives. After this operation, 326 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe cabextract amd64 1.4-1 [42.2 kB] Get:2 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse ttf-mscorefonts-installer all 3.4ubuntu3 [27.4 kB] Fetched 69.6 kB in 0s (634 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package cabextract. (Reading database ... 193087 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking cabextract (from .../cabextract_1.4-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer. Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (from .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4ubuntu3_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for fontconfig ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ... flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.233.orig.tar.gz Installing from local file /tmp/tmpiD1GHP.gz Flash Plugin installed. After this, the installer continued with the fonts it was supposed to download: ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe etc. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 18 10:57:09 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: msttcorefonts UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984693 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer also installs Flash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/984693/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs