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After installing wine and failed to agree on the agreement on the font. this message is shown, and I cannot install or remove the ttf-mscorefonts-installer anymore.

The package 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' is in an inconsistent state and needs to be re-installed, but no archive can be found for it.

I use this command first to re install the 'ttf-mscorefonts-instaler' 

sudo apt-get --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

This error message shows.

Reading package lists... Done 
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

and using this command "sudo apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer" this error message shows.

Installed: 3.4ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.4ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.4ubuntu3 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.3ubuntu4 0
     500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/multiverse amd64 Packages

and with this command "sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer" this message shows.

/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: ttf-mscorefonts-installer is broken or not fully installed

how to solve this problem??

Tim
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Mark Anthony
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You should reinstall it, otherwise it won't get removed:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
sudo apt-get install -f

That should solve your issue.

Braiam
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Try this. Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Make sure you accept the agreement.

Mitch
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todionut's reply on thread The package ttf-mscorefonts-installer needs to be reinstalled - Ubuntu Forums worked for me.

I found a way solve the problem with this :

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Kulfy
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eosisoe
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just reinstall

sudo apt-get install upgrade

when you reach at the menu, just type OK with the help of the ↹ TAB button.

So you can place a clear install, then everything will be ok. Just accept download policies (with the tab and press enter button). Don't force close window or it will break the procedure and crash.

s3lph
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Nikos Nian
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