Web/videos option fails with "Could not apply changes. Fix broken packages first"

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

I am running the latest Dapper, upgraded from an original Breezy installation.

If I select a set of options in EasyUbuntu including web/videos, I get a failure without much info, just a popup saying

"Could not apply changes. Fix broken packages first"

Btw, if I choose web/flash, I just get a white window which says "installation failed"

[Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan)]

Can you try again after a "sudo apt-get install -f"

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh (cpbl)]

Hi. No difference. The command line output looks like:

~/easyubuntu]$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

~/easyubuntu]$ sudo python easyubuntu.py
['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=/home/cpbl/easyubuntu/conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list']
In update ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=/home/cpbl/easyubuntu/conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--update-at-startup']
In Install ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=/home/cpbl/easyubuntu/conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--set-selections']

[Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan)]

@ubuntu:~/easyubuntu$ python detect.py
You are running a DAPPER
system on X86 architecture

GNOME-KDE available

Upgrade path was Ubuntu Breezy -> Kubuntu Breezy -> Dapper

[HackerOfMinds (seriouslyitsme)]

I selected the following:

Multimedia - Codecs, Binary Codecs, libdvdcss, MIDI
Web - Flash, Java, Videos
Archives - RAR
System - Repository List, Fonts.

This is the Terminal Output I get - running Dapper with all updates:

sudo python easyubuntu.py

['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=/home/ash/easyubuntu/conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list']
In update ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=/home/ash/easyubuntu/conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--update-at-startup']
In Install ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=/home/ash/easyubuntu/conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--set-selections']
/home/ash/easyubuntu/gtkprocess.py:90: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.FALSE is deprecated, use False instead
  vbox.pack_start(button, gtk.FALSE, gtk.FALSE)

[Jon Bailey (hobart)]

I have the same problem.

After trying the version from CVS, which actually indicates which packages are being installed, I narrowed it down by using apt-get --

$ sudo apt-get install totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin
(SNIP)
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin: Depends: totem-gstreamer (= 1.4.1-0ubuntu4) but 1.4.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
$

[Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks)]

Fixed in breezy package list already, should be in nightly. anyone care to test?

[jeepinmike (mike-leonisfamily)]

Relatively new/novice linux user here..

I just did a new install of Dapper. I was having the same issues as stated above...which brought me here. Troubleshot by trying a manual install of the 'Totem-Firefox' plugin from synaptic and got the same message above about the version number of the depend package.

I installed everything from EasyUbuntu except the Videos option (also skipped Skype,OpenWego, and Nvidia drivers). It all installed fine. Tryed Nightly Snapshot (was I suppose to?) and it failed with the same 'broken packages' message.

So sounds like that is still an issue....

Any advice is welcomed!

[Lloyd Dewolf (lloydde)]

This bug relates to bug 55353

This issue still exists, but it does not appear to be an easyubuntu issue. The issue is the totem-gstreamer 1.4.3-0ubuntu1 that is installed on many people's computers, but appears to be greater than the Dapper version:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/gnome/totem-gstreamer

I encountered the same issue today with an updated Dapper system.

$sudo apt-get install totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin: Depends: totem-gstreamer (= 1.4.1-0ubuntu4) but 1.4.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

lloyd@lloyd-laptop:/bak/ubuntu/easyubuntu$ dpkg -l | grep -i totem-gstreamer ii totem-gstreamer 1.4.3-0ubuntu1 A simple media player for the Gnome desktop

WORK AROUND

$sudo apt-get remove totem-gstreamer

$sudo apt-get install totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin ubuntu-desktop

[antialex (antialex)]

A new Linux user here. Yes, I too have the "broken packages" syndrome. And this is a fresh Ubuntu install. Today. Just 6 hours ago.

I can't install web streaming video, nor ATI drivers. Broken packages, dontcha know.

I've done a lot of searching and reading, trying this and that. There's a lot of information out there, that's for sure. I've heard that getting ATI video cards to run well on Linux just about requires a PHD in Linuxology. I'm beginning to believe.

Once I get the drivers installed, I bet it'll take a 2nd degree just to get the card configured correctly and functioning fully. It's an ATI All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro - pretty much the top card 2 - 3 years ago. I've had real good luck with it in Windows. I'd sure like to get similar performance out of it in Linux/Ubuntu.

I play some UT2004 now and then. I've talked to guys who are using Linux systems and they told me they're getting great fps and everything else. As good as Windows. I hope I'll be able to say the same at some point.

So, If anyone happens to have a similar card and they're gaming with their Linux box, and they're getting great performance, I'd like to hear how you tweaked your graphics.

Cheers