gstreamer unmet dependencies

Hi and thanks for reporting this issue.

I attempted to reproduce this by attempting to install the package in Ubuntu Precise, however it installed without encountering any problems. Could you please refresh your package lists and try to install it again?

Hello, I too have been having this issue for quite some time now. Been using VLC in the meantime. features are frozen now, on to the bug hunting. I am fully updated and still having this issue.

@ Hans and psypher - are you using 32bit Ubuntu or 64bit Ubuntu?

64bit

I am running 32bit which is likely why I am unable to reproduce this. Sorry about that. As this clearly affects multiple people, I'm changing status to confirmed.

Yeah, the reporter of the duplicate bug was running 64bit Ubuntu also.

Have exactly the same issue.
Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit version.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 ffmpeg : Depends: libavcodec53 (< 4:0.7.3-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavcodec-extra-53 (< 4:0.7.3.99) but 4:0.8.0.1~ppa2 is to be installed
          Depends: libavdevice53 (>= 4:0.7.3-0ubuntu0.11.10.1) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavdevice-extra-53 (>= 4:0.7.3) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libavdevice53 (< 4:0.7.3-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavdevice-extra-53 (< 4:0.7.3.99) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libavfilter2 (>= 4:0.7.3-0ubuntu0.11.10.1) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavfilter-extra-2 (>= 4:0.7.3) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libavfilter2 (< 4:0.7.3-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavfilter-extra-2 (< 4:0.7.3.99) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libavformat53 (< 4:0.7.3-99) but 4:0.8-1u1~ppa2 is to be installed or
                   libavformat-extra-53 (< 4:0.7.3.99) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libavutil51 (< 4:0.7.3-99) but it is not going to be installed or
                   libavutil-extra-51 (< 4:0.7.3.99) but 4:0.8.0.1~ppa2 is to be installed
          Depends: libpostproc52 (< 4:0.7.3-99) but 4:0.8-1u1~ppa2 is to be installed or
                   libpostproc-extra-52 (< 4:0.7.3.99) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libswscale2 (< 4:0.7.3-99) but 4:0.8-1u1~ppa2 is to be installed or
                   libswscale-extra-2 (< 4:0.7.3.99) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I have got mostly the same issue but I wasn't able to install ffmpeg not gstreamer problem.
I solved MY issue this way

TO FIX THIS BUG!!!!

So the order of fixing ffmpeg installation.
1) Add repository sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc
2) Run update and install VLC 2.0 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc (notice that you might need to run distro upgrade to install all neccessary dependencies for VLC 2.0 version.
3) install ffmpeg sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

After that I was able to install ffmpeg and all neccessary dependencies.

Hello all,

Is there any progress on this bug. It's beta 2 now and still unable to install half of codecs required:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:i386 : Depends: libass4:i386 (>= 0.9.7) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libdca0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libdirac-encoder0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libdvdnav4:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libdvdread4:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libfaad2:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libflite1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libgsm1:i386 (>= 1.0.13) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libkate1:i386 (>= 0.4.1) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libmodplug1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libmpcdec6:i386 (>= 1:0.1~r435) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libofa0:i386 (>= 0.9.3) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libschroedinger-1.0-0:i386 (>= 1.0.9) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libslv2-9:i386 (>= 0.6.4-1~) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libvpx1:i386 (>= 1.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: libzvbi0:i386 (>= 0.2.11) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

@psypher - From your log in comment #9:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:i386

Did you issue this command manually? If you indeed are using 64bit Ubuntu as you stated in comment #4 (you can check by typing uname -srm in a terminal), then you are attempting to apt-get install the wrong architectural build of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad. Instead of ending in i386 your command should end in something like x86_64 or x86-64.

The application that pops up saying that you need to insdtall certain codecsx to view a file, that tells my I am missing the above mentioned package and tries to install it. I don't know what that program is called, I have tried asking on the IRC's channels but no-one has responded. I cannot get that program to pop-up anymore, if anyone can tell me how to activate it I can get more info

I think the application is called gnome-codec-install.

A workaround in the meantime would be to manually install by opening a command prompt and typing:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad

and:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

This should fetch the correct architectural builds and get playback working.

I have re-installed precise on 2 different PC's and this issue has not re-occured. The codec app did pop up BEFORE I installed ubuntu-restricted-extras. I think I tried to go with what the default options were ticked and again had these above mentioned errors.

But after I installed restricted extras I am now able to play all the files I am trying to play. Not sure if this can be closed though. I want to re-install again and see what that error was.

I am still facing this issue any ideas? Using precise x64...

cheers, Ben

@ Nikki1993 - From your log in comment #7, your problem seems to have been caused by a PPA that you were using. This is separate to, and before, the PPA you mentioned in comment #8.

@ psypher - Something that I missed originally is that your problem might have been caused by upgrading from Oneiric to Precise before the final version of Precise was released. This is probably why the 2 fresh installs worked. During the development period of an Ubuntu release (before the final version is released) it is always safer to test with a LiveCD or a clean install. There are other reasons for testing the upgrade process before final release, but broken package dependencies are expected at certain times when some packages are updated out of sync with other packages.

@ shnifti - Did you upgrade or make a clean install of Precise? Can you attach the installation log, similar to those provided in this bug's original description and in comment #9?

This happened to me when I tried to play a video with AC3 sound.

 The following packages have unmet dependencies:

gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7) but 2.15-0ubuntu10.3 is to be installed
                            Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed
                            Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.2) but 2.32.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
                            Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.35.2) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
                            Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.35.2) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
                            Depends: libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3) but 0.15.1b-7ubuntu1 is to be installed
                            Depends: liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.16) but 1:0.4.16-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
                            Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly:i386: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7) but 2.15-0ubuntu10.3 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.2) but 2.32.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.35.2) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.35.2) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3) but 0.15.1b-7ubuntu1 is to be installed
                                 Depends: liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.16) but 1:0.4.16-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"

@EEro - try a manual install by opening a command prompt and typing:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly