Automated work-around (no failures, no re-runs, no manual edits), 3 steps: sudo apt-get -y remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb -P ~/Downloads sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb
(Mind any line-breaks in step 2 above i.e. the wget step) Hopefully, the Ubuntu repo version will be fixed soon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607535 Title: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1607535/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs