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LibreOffice 5.4.3 Ubuntu 64bit
I keep getting a pop-up:
_quote_
*Failure to download extra data files*
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 download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection.
_end quote_
Does anyone know why? Or what to do about it?
Hi Joe,
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Never heard LO will install ttf-mscorefonts. On my system (OpenSUSE) is
a special script to download ttf-mscorefonts. It has nothing to do with
LO. Could be there is the same script for Ubuntu. So start this script
with your installer.
Regards
Robert
I have seen this font installer outside LO. It was in my Ubuntu 16.04 repository. BUT, it will not install since it seems to require getting the package from an off-repository site. Since these fonts are from MS, and the installer seems to be a .exe file, it is not available-maybe.
You don't need to install that package at all, see
"Just like the Liberation fonts are metrically-compatible with Times
New Roman (Liberation Serif), Arial (Liberation Sans), and Courier
(Liberation Mono), the Carlito and Caladea fonts (both now provided
with LO) are metrically-compatible with Calibri and Cambria
respectively. This means that if you use Carlito instead of Calibri,
your document will have the same layout as if you used Calibri." (via
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/15041/calibri-and-cambria-fonts-in-libreoffice/)
Hi Joe and all:
In Ubuntu there is a program in their Repositories, called Ubuntu Restricted Extras. This contained programs for music, dvd and more as I know. One program that it installs as I could see is ttf-mscorefonts ( And request agree with license). I don't know if it is possible to install ttf-mscorefonts alone.
Regards,
Jorge Rodríguez
Thank you all. It was not the lack of ttf-mscorefonts that concerned me, rather it is the annoying pop-up that I was trying to eliminate.
The mscorefonts installer requires the user to agree to Microsoft's
EULA, which is supposed to pop up during the installation process. What
I have found is that, with some Linux distros, the EULA pops up and with
others it doesn't. If the EULA doesn't pop up during installation, I
have gotten the error you mention.
I have no idea why it works sometimes and not others.
Virgil
I get the same error when I try to install - "ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2" It seems that the installer file is missing from where it use to be.
Here is what it states when I look into installing the package. This info helps with letting people know what fonts can be used instead of what would be installed. Actually, I have the fonts in my font library and some I keep installed, just in case.
Hi 
Yes, so maybe try;
sudo apt remove ttf-mscorefonts-installer
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
And then maybe clean out temp-files and what-not with;
sudo apt clean
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt remove
Because of the way the linux command-line remembers previously issued
commands each command can be 'typed' faster by doing a keyboard up-arrow
and then edit the previous command.
In Ubuntu Ctrl and left-keyboard-arrow moves the cursor one word at a time
making it easy to insert or delete the "auto".
I'm fairly sure that at least one of those 4 commands is redundant when
using 2 of the others but I find it easier to just run all 4 just to make
sure.
There is also a "purge" tag but I'm not completely sure what it gets rid of
and I'm not sure if it should be used with a package-name after it or if
it's better used in a more general way.
This is all a very Windowsy way of doing things rather than a linuxy way
but old habits die hard. I'd prolly reinstall the M$ fonts afterwards just
to complete the Windowsy way of doing things;
sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Just to make sure I see documents from microsquish users in the secretive
proprietary fonts they use rather than the Free and safe ones we use
natively.
Regards from
a Tom
Thanks Tom, I will implement your suggestion. I have been getting the pop up two to three times a day. If I don't get it again for awhile I will post that info too.
Blessings, Joe Conner
Hi
Thanks
The line under the "apt remove" which was just the package name repeated
was a typo that i'd meant to delete. Typing that line in prolly wouldn't
do anything at all, or it might sort the problem out by accident.
The main idea was to just remove the package and remove any lingering bits
jic.
Regards from
a Tom
Thanks Tom, I will implement your suggestion. I have been getting the pop
up two to three times a day. If I don't get it again for awhile I will post
that info too.
Blessings, Joe Conner
I go to the Synaptic Package Manager and check the package for removal, not complete removal. That ends the system trying to install the package after the first "fail to install".
I learned this the hard way months ago with a different set of packages I wanted to try that kept giving me errors installing or will not open up without errors.
Hi
Yeh, each different package manager offers it's own advantages. Synaptic
is no longer the default one but I usually install it because it can handle
individual packages and it's about as powerful as using the command-line
package managers such as apt and apt-get.
Regards from
a Tom
Yes, I have to add "Synaptic" every time I do a clean install of Ubuntu.
I also go to "Ubuntu Software Center" to see what might be a good package to install.
I also like "sudo apt-get update" and "upgrade"
That seems to have fixed the problem. I have not gotten the pop-up since removing the installer.
Thanks very much!
Blessings, Joe
Hi
Brilliant! Thanks for letting us know.
Congrats on fixing it :))
Regards from
a Tom