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[jaunty] erroneous libx264-59 dependency

Bug #325720 reported by Tuomas Aavikko
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: vlc

Up-to-date jaunty

VLC: 0.9.8a-1ubuntu1

Depends: libx264-59
Which is no longer available in jauntys repo.

apt-cache policy libx264-65 libx264-59
libx264-65:
  Installed: 1:0.svn20081230-0.0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:0.svn20081230-0.0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.svn20081230-0.0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libx264-59:
  Installed: 1:0.svn20080408-0.0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:0.svn20080408-0.0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.svn20080408-0.0ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

work-around is to add intrepid's multiverse repo where that package still is. //thanks to harrykaa.
Without it, users are unable to install vlc.

See original description
Tuomas Aavikko (taavikko)
description: updated
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zniavre (zniavre2048-gmail) wrote : Re: [jaunty] vlc dependency error

hello

got the same issue with vlc , mplayer and gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse,
it's in conflicts with libx264.65 instead of libx264.59

workaround only for vlc is to add mrpouit ppa's repos

http://ppa.launchpad.net/mrpouit/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main.

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Pauli Kettunen (pauli-kettunen) wrote :

I have the same problem as above.

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Tuomas Aavikko (taavikko) wrote :

when affected, please click the "affects me too" button, or change the status of the bug to confirmed.

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hype (hypeuser-lp) wrote :

To solve the problem, just get libx264 here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/fr/intrepid/i386/libx264-59/download

Just installed it manually (sudo dpkg -i libx264-59_0.svn20080408-0.0ubuntu1_i386.deb)

I then installed mplayer and vlc using medibuntu repos.

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JJ (jjthemagicman) wrote :

Thanks a lot hype, fixed it perfectly

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Artem Popov (artfwo) wrote :

Same issue here. Shouldn't VLC be rebuilt against newer libx264-65 instead of pulling in an older version?

Changed in vlc:
status: New → Confirmed
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Sel Goona (alieneye) wrote :

I have the same problem.

I'll wait and hope it will be solved sometime, because I think it is unwise to workaround the actually problem in an unstable distribution.

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Tuomas Aavikko (taavikko) wrote :

apt-cache rdepends libx264-59
libx264-59
Reverse Depends:
  vlc
  mplayer-nogui
  mplayer
  mpeg4ip-server
  mencoder
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse

Should separate bugs be opened for all affected packages, or just against *-59

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btdown (bob-brong) wrote :

Affects me...AMD64, Ubuntu Jaunty Alpha 4.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package vlc - 0.9.8a-1ubuntu2

---------------
vlc (0.9.8a-1ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * no change rebuild to pick up new libx264, LP: #325720

 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:40:56 +0100

Changed in vlc:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Jeff Hatfield (nomasteryoda) wrote :

i386 Jaunty alpha 4 (2.6.28-6-generic kernel)

Even with the latest update to my apt-cache and medibuntu jaunty repo, I can confirm this exists for
smplayer, vlc.

 apt-get install smplayer
depends on mplayer-nogui or mplayer
mplayer: Depends: libx264-59 (>= 1:0.svn20080408) but it is not installable

If I knew where and how to fix and submit, I would do so.

Thanks for making Ubuntu better.
Jeff Hatfield

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Xtophe (xtophe) wrote :

Packaging bug have nothing to do with upstream

Changed in vlc:
status: New → Invalid
spitfire (mieszkoslusarczyk)
Changed in mplayer:
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package mplayer - 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu18

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mplayer (2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu18) jaunty; urgency=low

  * The following upstream FFmpeg revisions has been merged in to cope
    with X264 API changes: 15029, 15337, 15523 (LP: #325720)
  * Remove arts from dependencies. (LP: #320915)
    - debian/control: Remove libartsc0-dev from build depends.
    - debian/rules: Remove --enable-arts from CONFIGURE_AUDIO_OUT.

 -- Andreas Wenning <email address hidden> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:26:15 +0100

Changed in mplayer:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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stricte (stricte) wrote :

ubuntu 9.04. last updates.
fix working. thanks.

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