On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:32:19 +1000 Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote:
I do exactly what you say, generally. I forgot to recomment the stupid line last time I pulled in a multimedia package. > Anyway - the problem is a little fiddly by easily fixed. > > If it was me I'd:- > comment out anything that is not a "standard" squeeze repository in or wheezy ? > /etc/apt/sources.list > # apt-get update > # apt-get -sf install | more Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 42 not upgraded. > then depending on the output of the last command:- > # apt-get -s remove vlc | more > if nothing core/critical is about to be removed:- > # apt-get remove vlc > you might get an "autoremove" message - if it showed nothing > core/critical then:- > # apt-get autoremove > then:- > # apt-get -s install vlc | more The following packages have unmet dependencies: vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 1.1.10-1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.6-1~) but 4:0.5.2-6 is to be installed or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.6-1~) but it is not installable Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 1.1.10-1) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 1.1.10-1) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages So I think I'm back where I started. So it's not possible that vlc on wheezy is busted ? Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110712073341.4a6c1...@windy.deldotd.com