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The 3.4 version of the ttf-mecorefonts-installer package is broken.

Sourceforge (where the actual font files are downloaded from) changed the location that the fonts are stored rendering the package broken. I'd suggest purging that broken 3.4 version of the package and instead install the 3.6 version of the package from an alternative source, eg

To get rid of the current package

sudo apt purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer

To download the 3.6 version of the package to your Downloads folder

wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb -P ~/Downloads

To install the new package.

sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb

Thats All!

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