Hi > I don't have that problem on my Sid box. > Can you share the output/result of > "aptitude safe-upgrade phonon-backend-gstreamer-common" ?
Here it is: ~# aptitude safe-upgrade phonon-backend-gstreamer-common Resolving dependencies... The following packages have been kept back: phonon-backend-gstreamer-common{a} No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. > and if it's any different also from "full-upgrade"? Yes, quite different: ~# aptitude full-upgrade phonon-backend-gstreamer-common The following packages will be REMOVED: phonon-backend-gstreamer-common{u} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 38.9 kB will be freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: phonon-backend-gstreamer : Depends: phonon-backend-gstreamer-common (= 4:4.9.1-1) but it is not going to be installed The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) jovie [4:16.08.0-1+b1 (now)] 2) kde-runtime [4:17.08.3-2.1 (now)] 3) kopete [4:17.08.3-2.1 (now)] 4) phonon [4:4.10.3-2 (now)] 5) phonon-backend-gstreamer [4:4.9.1-1 (now)] Leave the following dependencies unresolved: 6) kdelibs5-plugins recommends kde-runtime 7) libkopete4 recommends kopete (= 4:17.08.3-2.1) Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: 1) phonon-backend-gstreamer-common [4:4.9.1-1 (now)] Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n *** No more solutions available *** And this is the apt output: ~# apt install phonon-backend-gstreamer-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: espeak-ng-data festival festival-freebsoft-utils festlex-cmu festlex-poslex festvox-kallpc16k icoutils kate-data katepart kde-runtime-data kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins kdoctools kmouth libattica0.4 libbctoolbox1 libbzrtp0 libdbusmenu-qt2 libdotconf0 libespeak-ng1 libestools2.5 libgadu3 libgpgme++2v5 libilmbase23 libkabc4 libkactivities6 libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcmutils4 libkde3support4 libkdeclarative5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkldap4 libkmediaplayer4 libkmime4 libknewstuff2-4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkopete4 libkparts4 libkpimidentities4 libkpimtextedit4 libkpimutils4 libkpty4 libkresources4 libkrosscore4 libktexteditor4 libmeanwhile1 libmediastreamer-base10 libmediastreamer-voip10 libntrack-qt4-1 libntrack0 libopenexr23 libortp13 libotr5 libpcaudio0 libphonon4 libplasma3 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libqca2 libqca2-plugins libqimageblitz4 libqjson0 libqt4-opengl libqt4-qt3support libqtwebkit4 libsolid4 libsonic0 libspeechd2 libthreadweaver4 libutempter0 ntrack-module-libnl-0 oxygen-icon-theme plasma-scriptengine-javascript sound-icons speech-dispatcher speech-dispatcher-audio-plugins speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng speech-dispatcher-festival Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. Suggested packages: phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer The following packages will be REMOVED: jovie kde-runtime kopete phonon phonon-backend-gstreamer The following packages will be upgraded: phonon-backend-gstreamer-common 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 13.9 kB of archives. After this operation, 32.2 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] I hope all these info helps Thank you.