Debian: Broken packages, bug

Tue Nov 1 17:46:44 UTC 2011

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 01:11:28PM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Lennart Sorensen
>> <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 08:53:51AM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
>> >> Yeah, but this is the line that's important:
>> >>
>> >>  #646325 - gstreamer0.10-gconf needs to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
>> >
>> > Well that bug will certainly cause a problem for apt/dpkg, but not
>> > a problem for the actual program once installed.
>> >
>> > The suggestion of removing the gstreamer packages and installing them
>> > again would almost certainly get around this bug.
>> >
>> > If possible, remove 'gstreamer0.10-plugins-good', then run 'apt-get -f
>> > install' again, and let it install the package (even though there is a bug
>> > report), then you should be able to install 'gstreamer0.10-plugins-good'.
>> > Unfortunately removing 'gstreamer0.10-plugins-good' will take out a
>> > large chunk of gnome among other things.
>> >
>> > Probably the simplest solution is to download the new version of
>> > gstreamer0.10-plugins-good and installing it, then running apt-get to
>> > fix the rest.
>> >
>> > So something like:
>> > wget http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gst-plugins-good0.10/gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_amd64.deb (or i386 if that is what you are running)
>> > dpkg -i gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_amd64.deb
>> > apt-get -f install
>> >
>> > Basicly the new version (0.10.30 rather than 0.10.24) no longer has
>> > the conflicting file that is preventing gstreamer0.10-gconf 0.10.30
>> > from installing.
>>
>> Now I'm getting this:
>>
>> node1:/home/joehill# dpkg -i gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb
>> dpkg: considering removing gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad in favour of
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good ...
>> dpkg: no, cannot proceed with removal of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
>> (--auto-deconfigure will help):
>>  libcheese1 depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
>>   gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad is to be removed.
>> dpkg: regarding gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb
>> containing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:
>>  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good conflicts with gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
>> (<< 0.10.21.2)
>>   gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (version 0.10.19-2.1) is present and installed.
>> dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb
>> (--install):
>>  conflicting packages - not installing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb
>>
>> So I tried installing the newer version of plugins-bad:
>>
>> node1:/home/joehill# dpkg -i gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb
>> (Reading database ... 315313 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.19-2.1 (using
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
>> dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb (--install):
>>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvid.so', which is
>> also in package gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad 0.10.22-0.0
>> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb
>>
>> So then I tried the suggested --auto-deconfigure:
>>
>> node1:/home/joehill# dpkg -i --auto-deconfigure
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb
>> dpkg: considering removing gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad in favour of
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good ...
>> dpkg: yes, will remove gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad in favour of
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good.
>> (Reading database ... 315313 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.24-1 (using
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb) ...
>> De-configuring gnome-video-effects, to allow removal of
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
>> De-configuring libgstfarsight0.10-0, to allow removal of
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
>> De-configuring totem-xine, to allow removal of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
>> De-configuring libcheese1, to allow removal of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
>> Unpacking replacement gstreamer0.10-plugins-good ...
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:
>>  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good depends on libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
>> (>= 0.10.33); however:
>>   Version of libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 on system is 0.10.32-2.
>> dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcheese1:
>>  libcheese1 depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (>= 0.10.23); however:
>>   Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is not configured yet.
>>  libcheese1 depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad; however:
>>   Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad is not installed.
>> dpkg: error processing libcheese1 (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-xine:
>>  totem-xine depends on totem (>= 2.27.1); however:
>>   Package totem is not configured yet.
>>  totem-xine depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad; however:
>>   Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad is not installed.
>> dpkg: error processing totem-xine (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgstfarsight0.10-0:
>>  libgstfarsight0.10-0 depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (>=
>> 0.10.8); however:
>>   Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is not configured yet.
>>  libgstfarsight0.10-0 depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (>=
>> 0.10.17); however:
>>   Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad is not installed.
>> dpkg: error processing libgstfarsight0.10-0 (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-video-effects:
>>  gnome-video-effects depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-good; however:
>>   Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-good is not configured yet.
>>  gnome-video-effects depends on gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad; however:
>>   Package gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad is not installed.
>> dpkg: error processing gnome-video-effects (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> Processing triggers for gconf2 ...
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
>>  libcheese1
>>  totem-xine
>>  libgstfarsight0.10-0
>>  gnome-video-effects
>>
>> and then apt-get -f install:
>>
>> node1:/home/joehill# apt-get -f install
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Correcting dependencies... Done
>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>>   liblash2 libclucene0ldbl csound-manpages libqca2 libqimageblitz4
>> bind9 libqt4-assistant libhttp-access2-ruby1.8 libsolidcontrolifaces4
>> libqzion0a
>>   gadmin-openvpn-server python-clientform bind9utils oxygen-icon-theme
>> oxygencursors libgdata1.4-cil bluez-cups google-gadgets-common phonon
>>   libggadget-qt-1.0-0b lockfile-progs libgps19
>> shared-desktop-ontologies podsleuth python-pypdf google-gadgets-gst
>> libggadget-1.0-0b libntrack-qt4-1
>>   python2.5-dev libpango1.0-common libeina-svn-06 libeet1
>> virtuoso-minimal libakonadiprivate1 libsoprano4 libqt4-webkit
>> libvirtodbc0 google-gadgets-xul
>>   libxcb-render-util0-dev libntrack0 gadmin-openvpn-client
>> gadmin-rsync libstreamanalyzer0 libphonon4 libpkcs11-helper1
>> thunar-data gadmin-samba
>>   libfluidsynth1 libkephal4 phonon-backend-xine ksysguardd gadmin-bind
>> proftpd-basic python-gdbm libattica0 libakonadi-kabc4 libstk0c2a
>> akonadi-server
>>   libstreams0 gadmin-proftpd libartsc0-dev openvpn python-pythonmagick
>> virtuoso-opensource-6.1-common libqedje0a soprano-daemon libiodbc2
>> kaboom
>>   virtuoso-opensource-6.1-bin libiptcdata0 python-rdflib
>> libwebkit1.1-cil libdigest-sha1-perl
>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>> The following extra packages will be installed:
>>   brasero brasero-common empathy-common evince-common
>> gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-coglpango-1.0
>> gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 gir1.2-gtk-3.0
>>   gir1.2-json-1.0 gir1.2-nautilus-3.0 gir1.2-peas-1.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0
>> gir1.2-totem-plparser-1.0 gstreamer0.10-gconf
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
>>   libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 libbrasero-media3-1 libevince3-3 libgdata11
>> libgdu-gtk0 libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0
>> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
>>   libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libgtk-3-dev
>> libnautilus-extension-dev libnautilus-extension1a libpeas-1.0-0
>> libpeas-common libpoppler-glib6
>>   libseed-gtk3-0 libtotem0 libtracker-sparql-0.10-0 libunique-3.0-0
>> nautilus-data totem-common
>> Suggested packages:
>>   libgtk-3-doc
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>   libbrasero-media0 libnautilus-extension1 seahorse-plugins totem-coherence
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>   gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-coglpango-1.0
>> gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-json-1.0
>> gir1.2-nautilus-3.0 gir1.2-peas-1.0
>>   gir1.2-totem-1.0 gir1.2-totem-plparser-1.0 gstreamer0.10-gconf
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 libbrasero-media3-1
>> libevince3-3 libgdata11
>>   libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 libgtk-3-dev libnautilus-extension1a
>> libpeas-1.0-0 libpeas-common libpoppler-glib6 libseed-gtk3-0 libtotem0
>>   libtracker-sparql-0.10-0 libunique-3.0-0
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>   brasero brasero-common empathy-common evince-common libgdu-gtk0
>> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
>> libnautilus-extension-dev
>>   nautilus-data totem-common
>> 10 upgraded, 26 newly installed, 4 to remove and 657 not upgraded.
>> 19 not fully installed or removed.
>> Need to get 4,702 kB/37.3 MB of archives.
>> After this operation, 32.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
>> Get:1 http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ unstable/main
>> gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 i386 0.10.35-1 [554 kB]
>> Get:2 http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ unstable/main
>> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev i386 0.10.35-1 [687 kB]
>> Get:3 http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ unstable/main
>> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 i386 0.10.35-1 [1,005 kB]
>> Get:4 http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ unstable/main
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad i386 0.10.22-3 [2,456 kB]
>> Fetched 4,702 kB in 18s (255 kB/s)
>> Retrieving bug reports... Done
>> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
>> serious bugs of gstreamer0.10-gconf (-> 0.10.30-1) <unfixed>
>>  #646325 - gstreamer0.10-gconf needs to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
>> Summary:
>>  gstreamer0.10-gconf(1 bug)
>> Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? [Y/n/?/...]
>> Extracting templates from packages: 100%
>> Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10.
>> (Reading database ... 315176 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Unpacking gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 (from
>> .../gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10_0.10.35-1_i386.deb) ...
>> Preparing to replace libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev 0.10.32-2
>> (using .../libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev_0.10.35-1_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev ...
>> Preparing to replace libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.32-2 (using
>> .../libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.35-1_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 ...
>> Unpacking gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (from
>> .../gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb) ...
>> dpkg: error processing
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb
>> (--unpack):
>>  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvid.so', which is
>> also in package gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad 0.10.22-0.0
>> configured to not write apport reports
>>                                       dpkg-deb: error: subprocess
>> paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-gtk-3.0.
>> Unpacking gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (from .../gir1.2-gtk-3.0_3.0.12-2_i386.deb) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-nautilus-3.0.
>> Unpacking gir1.2-nautilus-3.0 (from
>> .../gir1.2-nautilus-3.0_3.0.2-4_i386.deb) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package libgtk-3-dev.
>> Unpacking libgtk-3-dev (from .../libgtk-3-dev_3.0.12-2_i386.deb) ...
>> Preparing to replace libnautilus-extension-dev 2.30.1-3 (using
>> .../libnautilus-extension-dev_3.0.2-4_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement libnautilus-extension-dev ...
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>> I'm now hung up on the 'gstreamer-plugins-really-bad', which also
>> wants to take most of gnome with it.
>
> OK, it looks like with the files being rearranged between the gstreamer
> plugin packages (without the correct Replaces and Conflicts statements),
> it may be simplest to download all of those together and install them
> at once with a single dpkg -i command.
>
> So if you get gstreamer-plugins-really-bad gstreamer-plugins-bad and
> gstreamer-plugins-really-good with wget and install them at the same time,
> that might solve the problem.  Or it might find yet another gstreamer
> plugin package that conflicts.
>
> My system currently has:
> ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad    0.10.22-3   GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
> ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base   0.10.35-1   GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
> ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good   0.10.30-1   GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
> ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly   0.10.18-3   GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
>
> I don't have gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad.
>

That one is in Debian Multimedia. However, not it's asking for:

libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.33)

but I can't find that in either the debian repo you linked to or
Debian Multimedia.

-- 
Thomas Milne
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