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ffmpeg and vlc-nox upgrade

News for those that have upgraded antiX to sid repos.

ffmpeg and vlc-nox upgrade

Postby anticapitalista on Tue May 27, 2008 7:33 pm

This may or may not be a problem on your box.

If you find that ffmpeg is being held back and/or you are having problems with vlc-nox, then this is what I had to do.

1. Comment out the Debian unstable/sid repo
2. apt-get remove --purge ffmpeg
(This will remove other files too, don't worry, we'll get them back)
3. apt-get install ffmpeg
4. Re-enable Debian unstable/sid repos
5. apt-get update & apt-get dist-upgrade (or if you prefer apt-get upgrade)

All should be ok.
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Re: ffmpeg and vlc-nox upgrade

Postby stonefury on Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:01 pm

First off , thank you for a wonderful distro. Now onto my problem. I'm a linux noobie so I'm still trying to get my barings. Now Ive followed your instructions to get "VLC nox" and "ffmpeg" upgraded/installed but I keep coming up with this error message....... I'm lost..... What should I do or be looking for?

"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not going to be installed or
libavcodec-unstripped-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not installable
Depends: libavcodec52 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not going to be installed or
libavcodec-unstripped-52 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not installable
Depends: libavdevice52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not going to be installed or
libavdevice-unstripped-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not installable
Depends: libavdevice52 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not going to be installed or
libavdevice-unstripped-52 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not installable
Depends: libavfilter0 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not going to be installed or
libavfilter-unstripped-0 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not installable
Depends: libavfilter0 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not going to be installed or
libavfilter-unstripped-0 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not installable
Depends: libavformat52 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but 3:20080706-0.3 is to be installed or
libavformat-unstripped-52 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not installable
Depends: libavutil49 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but 4:0.5-0.0 is to be installed or
libavutil-unstripped-49 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not installable
Depends: libpostproc51 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but 0.svn20080206-16 is to be installed or
libpostproc-unstripped-51 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not installable
Depends: libswscale0 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not going to be installed or
libswscale-unstripped-0 (>= 3:0.svn20090303) but it is not installable
Depends: libswscale0 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not going to be installed or
libswscale-unstripped-0 (< 3:0.svn20090303-99) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages"

What am I doing wrong?
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Re: ffmpeg and vlc-nox upgrade

Postby anticapitalista on Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:11 pm

Firstly welcome to antiX.

Are you sure you are using the Sid/Unstable repos in /etc/apt/sources.list?
It is not recommended for new linux users.

You will need to change this line in /etc/apt/sources.list anyway.
from
Code: Select all
# mplayer
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main

to
Code: Select all
# mplayer
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main


If you haven't altered the sources.list , then I'm afraid vlc is broken in Debian Testing (and therefore antiX)

We'll have to wait for it to get fixed.

There is a way to get it installed, but I'm not sure how long-term it will affect the rest of antiX.

This is what you would have to do.

Comment out # all Testing repos
#apt-get update
#apt-get install vlc

For best stability for antiX, leave only the stable repos enabled.

Alternatively, do the above, then re-enable the Testing repos, but any general upgrade you do will remove vlc!
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