Debian: Broken packages, bug

[Thomas Milne]

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Thomas Milne
<thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Thomas Milne
> <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Thomas Milne
>> <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> chomp!
>> node1:/home/joehill# dpkg -i
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad_0.10.22-0.2_i386.deb
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-base_0.10.35-1_i386.deb
>> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.35-1_i386.deb
>> libmjpegtools-2.0-0_2.0.0-0.4_i386.deb
>> libquicktime2_1.2.3-0.2_i386.deb
>> (Reading database ... 315688 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.22-3 (using
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
>> Preparing to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.30-1 (using
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good_0.10.30-1_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement gstreamer0.10-plugins-good ...
>> Preparing to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad 0.10.22-0.2
>> (using gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad_0.10.22-0.2_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad ...
>> Preparing to replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.35-1 (using
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-base_0.10.35-1_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement gstreamer0.10-plugins-base ...
>> Preparing to replace libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.35-1 (using
>> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.35-1_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 ...
>> Preparing to replace libmjpegtools-2.0-0 1:2.0.0-0.4 (using
>> libmjpegtools-2.0-0_2.0.0-0.4_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement libmjpegtools-2.0-0 ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package libquicktime2.
>> Unpacking libquicktime2 (from libquicktime2_1.2.3-0.2_i386.deb) ...
>> Setting up libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (0.10.35-1) ...
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libquicktime2:
>>  libquicktime2 depends on libavcodec53 (>= 5:0.8.4); however:
>>  Package libavcodec53 is not installed.
>>  libquicktime2 depends on libavutil51 (>= 5:0.8.4); however:
>>  Package libavutil51 is not installed.
>>  libquicktime2 depends on libswscale2 (>= 5:0.8.4); however:
>>  Package libswscale2 is not installed.
>>  libquicktime2 depends on libx264-118 (>= 3:0.118.2085+git8a62835); however:
>>  Package libx264-118 is not installed.
>> dpkg: error processing libquicktime2 (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> Setting up gstreamer0.10-plugins-base (0.10.35-1) ...
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmjpegtools-2.0-0:
>>  libmjpegtools-2.0-0 depends on libquicktime2 (>= 3:1.2.3); however:
>>  Package libquicktime2 is not configured yet.
>> dpkg: error processing libmjpegtools-2.0-0 (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> Setting up gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (0.10.22-3) ...
>> Setting up gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (0.10.30-1) ...
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
>> gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad:
>>  gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad depends on libmjpegtools-2.0-0; however:
>>  Package libmjpegtools-2.0-0 is not configured yet.
>> dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad (--install):
>>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>> Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0 ...
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  libquicktime2
>>  libmjpegtools-2.0-0
>>  gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad
>>
>> I think this is just going to go on forever.
>>
>> --
>> Thomas Milne
>>
>
> What if I just wait til someone fixes the bug in gstreamer0.10-gconf
> (-> 0.10.30-1), and then it should just proceed automagically, no?
>
> --
> Thomas Milne
>

I forgot I only needed to get the gstreamer stuff fixed, then run
apt-get -f install. Now it worked. Damn, apt really is a miracle if it
can untangle that mess. Thanks Lennart!!

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