After installing udftools I was able to install this package. There were some initial errors with missing files, but from what I understand, the loop device was created successfully this time and the files showed up eventually and got pass.
Previously, I installed the package where I had to download and extract the fonts myself. It was fine, until I got update. Doing this again and again with every update beats the purpose. I had two choices. Make this auto package work (and I did) or go back to the regular ttf-ms package, which is old and misses many fonts, but works in overall well.
Pinned Comments
Zepman commented on 2021-02-24 16:49 (UTC) (edited on 2021-03-24 22:08 (UTC) by Zepman)
This package is based on ttf-ms-win10. It differs in that it automatically downloads the fonts from Microsoft, if possible without downloading an entire ISO file.
If Polkit allows the user to create loop devices and mount files using udisks, around 200 MB of (mostly compressed) data will be downloaded. This can be a slow download method even over the fastest connections, since the fonts are taken from a large ISO file without downloading the entire file.
If Polkit is not available or it does not allow the user to use udisks, the entire ISO file will be downloaded and install.wim will be extracted. A check ensures that enough temporary disk space is available, which can be up to twice the size of the ISO file. This can happen if either Polkit or an authentication agent is not running, or when a user is logged in remotely (e.g. through SSH).