Comment 31 for bug 464422

@ Andreas: Thanks for pointing that out. I hope either of those methods can
help other who are experiencing the same problem.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Andreas Schopf <email address hidden>wrote:

> @Nana:
> My comment #19 does the same as yours in #24 ... the difference is that the
> manual shows it with the gui and i edited the config files directly... ;-)
>
> --
> package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.0 failed to install/upgrade
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464422
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> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: New
> Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Debian: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> I upgraded my Desktop ubuntu from jaunty to karmic.
> During the upgrade I got the message "could not install
> ttf-mscorefonts-installer".
> I proceeded.
> At the end of the installation step (before cleaning step), I got again an
> error message about this ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
> Apport proposed to send informations to you.
> I said yes.
> Started collecting info ... but didn't finish.
> I pressed cancel (to apport)
> After a while I got a message saying that the upgrade was broken, and to
> try a dpkg --configure -a .
> The upgrade stopped.
> I attache the /var/log/dist-upgrades/ logs.
>
> I tried dpkg --configure -a, but it could not connect to the internet. So
> probably during the upgrade the connection to internet was lost (even if the
> NetworkManager Applet say there was one active connection).
> So after rebooting I could connect to the internet and execute successfully
> dpkg --configure -a, which installed the fonts.
>
> Is it possible to resume the upgrade to finish it (End of Installation
> step + Cleaning step) ?
>