I've solved the problem I was having in post #23 above.
I had to install libavutil49 first before the upgrade would work. Here is the truncated output:
~$ sudo apt-get install libavutil49
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libavcodec52 libavformat52
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libavcodec-extra-52 libavutil-extra-49
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libavcodec52 libavutil49
The following packages will be upgraded:
libavformat52
1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,643kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Fetched 2,643kB in 2s (1,218kB/s)
Setting up libavutil49 (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libavcodec52 (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libavformat52 (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
ffmpeg libavdevice52 libavfilter0 libpostproc51 libswscale0
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 647kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Fetched 647kB in 1s (348kB/s)
Setting up libavdevice52 (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libavfilter0 (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libpostproc51 (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libswscale0 (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up ffmpeg (4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
synaptic shows all packages up to date and security fixes in place.
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. :)
I've solved the problem I was having in post #23 above.
I had to install libavutil49 first before the upgrade would work. Here is the truncated output:
~$ sudo apt-get install libavutil49 extra-52 libavutil-extra-49 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ... 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ... 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libavcodec52 libavformat52
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libavcodec-
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libavcodec52 libavutil49
The following packages will be upgraded:
libavformat52
1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,643kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Fetched 2,643kB in 2s (1,218kB/s)
Setting up libavutil49 (4:0.5.
Setting up libavcodec52 (4:0.5.
Setting up libavformat52 (4:0.5.
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
~$ sudo apt-get update
Fetched 3,758B in 3s (970B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
~$ sudo apt-get upgrade 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ... 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ... 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ... 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ... 1-1ubuntu1. 1) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
ffmpeg libavdevice52 libavfilter0 libpostproc51 libswscale0
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 647kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Fetched 647kB in 1s (348kB/s)
Setting up libavdevice52 (4:0.5.
Setting up libavfilter0 (4:0.5.
Setting up libpostproc51 (4:0.5.
Setting up libswscale0 (4:0.5.
Setting up ffmpeg (4:0.5.
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
synaptic shows all packages up to date and security fixes in place.
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. :)