E: Package 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' has no installation candidate when trying to install on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[nutmix]

For some reason, when I try ot run this installer on a VPSCITY fresh ubuntu 18.04 LTS or an ubuntu 20.04 LTS image, I get the following error: E: Package 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' has no installation candidate.

Any ideas how to fix?

If I try manually installing this package, I get:

$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' has no installation candidate

[nutmix]

I found a solution. Looks like the installer uses some "non free" packages. I had to add additional sources to /etc/apt/sources.list to get the installer to work:

standard:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted

added to get installer to work:

deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security universe
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security multiverse