[plug] problem with apt-get

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

Name or service not known -- sounds like a DNS or possible gateway
issue if your DNS server is outside of your network scope.

Tomasz

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:26 PM, David Buddrige <dbuddrige at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get msttcorefonts to install properly since it is needed
> by a number of the dvd and tv playing software on my system.  However,
> for reasons unclear to me the configuration step doesn't seem to be
> working correctly.  Below is a transcript of what happens when I attempt
> to install msttcorefonts.  Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get
> around this problem?
>
> I have had a numbr of apt-get install's fail with a complaint with the
> msttcorefonts package.
>
> thansk heaps gus,
>
> David. 8-)
>
>
> david at david-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> msttcorefonts is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up msttcorefonts (2.4) ...
>
> These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
> platform compatibility".  This is no longer the case, but they are
> still available from third parties.
>
> You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
> but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
> to the file name or packaging format.
>
> --15:31:47--
> http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving internap.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving heanet.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving easynews.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving jaist.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving mesh.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving nchc.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving kent.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving umn.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not known.
> --15:31:47--
> http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/andale32.exe
>           => `./andale32.exe'
> Resolving switch.dl.sourceforge.net... failed: Name or service not
> known.
> andale32.exe: No such file or directory
>
> All done, errors in processing 1 file(s)
> dpkg: error processing msttcorefonts (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  msttcorefonts
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> david at david-laptop:~$
>
>
>
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