I'm still unable to install even with updated apt-transport-https. The error message is
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 500 Bad redirection (path) E: Failed to fetch http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 500 Bad redirection (path) which I have not seen listed here before - is this a new issue? Package Versions (xenial): ttf-mscorefonts-installer: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 apt-transport-https: 1.2.20 Results: $ sudo apt install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to reinstall, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. Need to get 29.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 ttf-mscorefonts-installer all 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 [29.5 kB] Fetched 29.5 kB in 0s (2,239 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 409809 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ... mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) over (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.4) ... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing... ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 500 Bad redirection (path) W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: Failed to fetch http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 500 Bad redirection (path) E: Download Failed Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ... -- 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 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
