Solved this with sudo -s apt-get --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Looks like running apt-get with sudo does not get the proxy definition, see sequence: $ env | grep http http_proxy=http://proxymachine:808
$ sudo env | grep http <no output>
$ sudo -s # env | grep http http_proxy=http://proxymachine:808
when logging in as root the proxy is back in environment.
Solved this with -installer
sudo -s
apt-get --reinstall install ttf-mscorefonts
Looks like running apt-get with sudo does not get the proxy definition, see sequence: proxymachine: 808
$ env | grep http
http_proxy=http://
$ sudo env | grep http
<no output>
$ sudo -s proxymachine: 808
# env | grep http
http_proxy=http://
when logging in as root the proxy is back in environment.