On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:19:38 -0500 The Wanderer sent: <snip>
> I have - different from your own: > > > > $ apt-cache policy libavutil55 > > libavutil55: > > Installed: 10:3.1.2-dmo2 > > Candidate: 10:3.1.2-dmo2 > > Version table: > > *** 10:3.1.2-dmo2 100 > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > 7:3.2-2 500 > > 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 > > Packages > > This is almost certainly your problem. The version of libavutil which > you have is from a different source, with a higher epoch version but a > lower upstream version, and is no longer available from your selected > repositories. In particular, it is not the same version as your other > libav* libraries (as the snipped version information for libavformat > indicates), and that mismatch is probably the source of the problem. > > Do you have any idea how this mismatched package version may have come > about? > > I recommend that you explicitly install the "lower" version listed > here (7:3.2-2), and see if your problem goes away. > > I don't know what tools you normally use for package installation and > upgrade, but I would do that with the following command (in a root > terminal): > > apt-get install libavutil55=7:3.2-2 After contemplation, my reply is: I'm on a different machine now, at a different place when sending this. I only ever use apt-get for updates, upgrades, installs and purges. But before I left that machine I attempted your excellent suggestion and received this error message: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libswresample2 : Depends: libavutil55 (>= 10:3.1.2) but 7:3.2-2 is to be installed E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. I assume that I might have missed a bug report on a update/upgrade? So I will just have to purge libswresample2, and libavutil55 (>= 10:3.1.2) Thank you for your help. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *********************************************** If you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them. .....Richard Bach *********************************************** Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. -----------------------------------------------------
