Ok I have tried to upgrade the new packages.
it looks like a lot of the dependencies were not installed
normally I use synaptic or apt-get
this time I pre-downloaded and installed from within mc.

seems like I need: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  libgtk2.0-dev  libgstreamer0.10-dev  libcanberra-gtk-dev


cheese:
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/usr/share/mc/extfs/deb run /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/cheese_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb INSTALL
Installing /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/cheese_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package cheese.
(Reading database ... 322058 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cheese (from .../cheese_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cheese:
 cheese depends on libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.21.6); however:
  Package libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing cheese (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_GB.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Compiling /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/config_manager/implementations/svn_vcs.py ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/config_manager/implementations/svn_vcs.py', 49, 7, '    def get_test_repo(self):\n'))

Errors were encountered while processing:
 cheese

cheese-common:
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/usr/share/mc/extfs/deb run /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/cheese-common_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_all.deb INSTALL
Installing /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/cheese-common_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_all.deb
dpkg: considering removing cheese in favour of cheese-common ...
dpkg: yes, will remove cheese in favour of cheese-common.
(Reading database ... 322068 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cheese-common 2.30.1-0ubuntu1 (using .../cheese-common_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement cheese-common ...
Setting up cheese-common (2.30.1-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for gconf2 ...
WARNING: Failed to parse default value `[????????? ???????;gnome-appearance-properties.desktop,????????? ???????????? ???????????;gnome-default-applications.desktop,?????????? ??????????;system-config-printer.desktop] ' for schema (/schemas/apps/control-center/cc_actions_list)
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_GB.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Compiling /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/config_manager/implementations/svn_vcs.py ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/config_manager/implementations/svn_vcs.py', 49, 7, '    def get_test_repo(self):\n'))


libcheese-gtk-dev:
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/usr/share/mc/extfs/deb run /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/libcheese-gtk-dev_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb INSTALL
Installing /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/libcheese-gtk-dev_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package libcheese-gtk-dev.
(Reading database ... 322068 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libcheese-gtk-dev (from .../libcheese-gtk-dev_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcheese-gtk-dev:
 libcheese-gtk-dev depends on libcheese-gtk18 (= 2.30.1-1ubuntu2); however:
  Version of libcheese-gtk18 on system is 2.30.1-0ubuntu1.
 libcheese-gtk-dev depends on libgtk2.0-dev; however:
  Package libgtk2.0-dev is not installed.
 libcheese-gtk-dev depends on libgstreamer0.10-dev; however:
  Package libgstreamer0.10-dev is not installed.
 libcheese-gtk-dev depends on libcanberra-gtk-dev; however:
  Package libcanberra-gtk-dev is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libcheese-gtk-dev (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libcheese-gtk-dev


libcheese-gtk18:
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/usr/share/mc/extfs/deb run /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/libcheese-gtk18_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb INSTALL
Installing /home/undifined/Downloads/deb/libcheese-gtk18_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 322096 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libcheese-gtk18 2.30.1-0ubuntu1 (using .../libcheese-gtk18_2.30.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libcheese-gtk18 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcheese-gtk18:
 libcheese-gtk18 depends on libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.21.6); however:
  Package libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libcheese-gtk18 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libcheese-gtk18