Broken mutimedia compatability

[Raid517]

It seems it is impossible to install the normal kernel development tools. I therefore
cannot compile a kernel (nor indeed can I compile a number of other packages).

apt-get install libxft-dev libfontconfig1-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 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:
  libfontconfig1-dev: Depends: libfontconfig1 (= 2.2.3-4ubuntu7) but 2.3.1-2 is to be
installed
E: Broken packages
root@linux1:/home/raid517 # apt-get install debhelper kernel-package libqt3-mt-dev
xlibs-dev libxtst-dev fakeroot rpm wget
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
debhelper is already the newest version.
kernel-package is already the newest version.
xlibs-dev is already the newest version.
libxtst-dev is already the newest version.
fakeroot is already the newest version.
rpm is already the newest version.
wget is already the newest version.
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:
  libqt3-mt-dev: Depends: libxft-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
root@linux1:/home/raid517 # apt-get install libxft-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libxft-dev: Depends: libfontconfig1-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
root@linux1:/home/raid517 # apt-get install libxft-dev libfontconfig1-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 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:
  libfontconfig1-dev: Depends: libfontconfig1 (= 2.2.3-4ubuntu7) but 2.3.1-2 is to be
installed

Trying to work around these dependancy issues requires that I remove Mplayer - which
all in all is not an optimal solution.

Please advise.

GJ

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

You have packages installed on your system from Debian unstable, and are
attempting to install Ubuntu packages; that is the source of the trouble.

[Raid517 (raid517)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> You have packages installed on your system from Debian unstable, and are
> attempting to install Ubuntu packages; that is the source of the trouble.

The trouble is I am aware of this - but the only packages I have from Debian
unstable are those relating to Mplayer and a few other multimedia based
applications. I am aware of the difficulties of running a mixed environment -
and I have done my utmost in every possible sense to avoid this.

However as an ordinary user I cannot live without mutimedia applications.

Due to the lack of inclusion of any real multimedia functionality in
kabuntu/ubuntu I like many am therefore forced to seek that functionality from
elsewhere.

The repositories I chose are well known (and well trusted) among the Debian
community - and to most Ubuntu/Kubuntu users. I like many have added the
following to my sources.list:

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main

While I understand the legal difficulties of including multi media functionality
in Kubuntu/Ubuntu I think it is a fundamental mistake to set out to break that
functionality completely.

Currently users only have two choices. Run with a pure Kabuntu/Ubuntu install
that simply looks good, but doesn't do very much. Or run a mixed environment
that will eventually break compatability with Kabuntu/Ubuntu AND the official
debian unstable source tree. It seems rather nonsensical and really very
frustrating to be faced with such a seemingly contradictory choice.

As I said, while I understand the legal difficulties that you feel you face -
but it seems sensible that at least some compatability should be maintained
between the Kabuntu and Debian unstable source tree - particularly those
relating to muti media. (Indeed including the above repositories in an official
release may not be a bad thing - even if they were initially commented out).

I think this very much does therefore qualify as a bug and as such I am
resubmitting it as 'broken mutimedia compatability.'

GJ

[Raid517 (raid517)]

Sorry edited for clarity/spelling.

The trouble is I am aware of this - but the only packages I have from Debian
unstable are those relating to Mplayer and a few other multimedia based
applications. I am aware of the difficulties of running a mixed environment -
and I have done my utmost in every possible sense to avoid this.

However as an ordinary user I cannot live without mutimedia applications.

Due to the lack of inclusion of any real multimedia functionality in
kabuntu/ubuntu I like many am therefore forced to seek that functionality from
elsewhere.

The repositories I chose are well known (and well trusted) among the Debian
community - and to most Ubuntu/Kubuntu users. I like many have added the
following to my sources.list:

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main

While I understand the legal difficulties of including multi media functionality
in Kubuntu/Ubuntu I think it is a fundamental mistake to set out to break that
functionality completely.

Currently users only have two choices. Run with a pure Kabuntu/Ubuntu install
that simply looks good, but doesn't do very much. Or run a mixed environment
that will eventually break compatability with Kabuntu/Ubuntu AND the official
debian unstable source tree. It seems rather nonsensical and really very
frustrating to be faced with such a seemingly contradictory choice.

As I said, while I understand the legal difficulties that you feel you face -
it seems sensible that at least some compatability should be maintained
between the Kabuntu and Debian unstable source tree - particularly with those
packages relating to mutli media. (Indeed including the above repositories in an
official
release may not be a bad thing - even if they were initially commented out).

I think this very much does therefore qualify as a bug and as such I am
resubmitting it as 'broken multimedia compatability.'

GJ