Error: Impossible to apply changes. Repair broken packages first.

[L@u]

Hi,

When running EasyUbuntu I get the following error message:
Error: Impossible to apply changes. Repair broken packages first.
(This is an aproximate translation from the French message:
Erreur: Impossible d'appliquer les changements. Réparez d'abord les paquets cassés.)

I can understand (more or less) what's going on: there is something wrong with some of my packages.
I narrowed it down to two checkboxes (I managed to get everything else working) that will be prompting this message whenever I check them :
 - on Tab 2 - "Videos: Enable viewing videos embedded in webpages in totem"
 - on Tab 4 - "Repository list: Main universe, Multiverse, and PLF"

So now, I have everything greyed out but these 2 which I don't manage to install (plus the Nvidia one as I have ATI).

And still, I can NOT play DVDs ! ;-(

Let me know,
L.

PS: I consider this is not a duplicate of #47789 as I haven't upgraded from Breezy Badger, and I fail on two options and not one ... but may be, I am wrong ! ;-)

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

L@u wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Hi,
>
> When running EasyUbuntu I get the following error message:
> Error: Impossible to apply changes. Repair broken packages first.
> (This is an aproximate translation from the French message:
> Erreur: Impossible d'appliquer les changements. Réparez d'abord les paquets cassés.)
>
> I can understand (more or less) what's going on: there is something wrong with some of my packages.
> I narrowed it down to two checkboxes (I managed to get everything else working) that will be prompting this message whenever I check them :
> - on Tab 2 - "Videos: Enable viewing videos embedded in webpages in totem"
> - on Tab 4 - "Repository list: Main universe, Multiverse, and PLF"
>
> So now, I have everything greyed out but these 2 which I don't manage to
> install (plus the Nvidia one as I have ATI).
>
> And still, I can NOT play DVDs ! ;-(
>
> Let me know,
> L.
>
> PS: I consider this is not a duplicate of #47789 as I haven't upgraded
> from Breezy Badger, and I fail on two options and not one ... but may
> be, I am wrong ! ;-)
>
> ** Affects: easyubuntu (upstream)
> Importance: Untriaged
> Status: Unconfirmed
>
i think i can vouch for the videos option, as iirc a mate had issues
with it.
kk

[Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks)]

Same thing occurs in dapper as per the breezy bug, so just confirming.

[Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks)]

fixed already.

[Jim Tarvid (tarvid)]

On Dapper 6.06.1 checking Videos:enable viewing videos embedded in webpages with totem fails with the Fix broken packes message.

[Lloyd Dewolf (lloydde)]

This bug relates to bug 47789.

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