Comment 11 for bug 56880

If you are still on INtrepid 8.10 I think most simple solution is to update
on Jaunty 9.04. On my PC it solved it.
Greetings
Kenan

2009/5/23 afrodeity <email address hidden>

> An extremely irritating bug that appears to be getting worse. I now find
> myself in exactly the same situation I was in about three or four months
> ago. I can't get the bloody msstcorefonts because of the proxy issue and
> I keep getting them half-installed whenever I try to install something
> else, and can't seem to purge them. My WINE has also stopped working due
> to a font issue that resolves down to the msstcorefonts. Why is this
> still a bug with no workaround?
>
> --
> Not working with proxy
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/56880
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “msttcorefonts” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: msttcorefonts
>
> This package connects to the internet to retrieve the fonts. However it
> ignores the proxy in /etc/apt/apt.conf and therefor can not retrieve the
> fonts through a proxy. This is for Edgy
>
> Update: This issue occours for Hardy too.
>