Get Movie Player to work

Asked by Chuck

This is error message: Can you help?

chuck@Ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libavutil-extra-49 (4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu3) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libavutil-extra-49 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ffmpeg:
 ffmpeg depends on libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) | libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
 ffmpeg depends on libavutil49 (<< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) | libavutil-extra-49 (<< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ffmpeg (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libsox1a (14.3.0-1build1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libsox1a (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qdvdauthor:
 qdvdauthor depends on libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) | libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing qdvdauthor (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libopenjpeg2 (1.3+dfsg-4) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libopenjpeg2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sox:
 sox depends on libsox1a; however:
  Package libsox1a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing sox (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libavdevice52:
 libavdevice52 depends on libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) | libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
 libavdevice52 depends on libavutil49 (<< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) | libavutil-extra-49 (<< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libavdevice52 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libnetpbm10 (2:10.0-12ubuntu1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec format error
dpkg: error processing libnetpbm10 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of videotrans:
 videotrans depends on ffmpeg; however:
  Package ffmpeg is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing videotrans (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsox-fmt-base:
 libsox-fmt-base depends on libsox1a (>= 14.3.0); however:
  Package libsox1a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libsox-fmt-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libavfilter0:
 libavfilter0 depends on libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) | libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
 libavfilter0 depends on libavutil49 (<< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) | libavutil-extra-49 (<< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libavfilter0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of subtitleripper:
 subtitleripper depends on libnetpbm10; however:
  Package libnetpbm10 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing subtitleripper (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mplayer:
 mplayer depends on libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) | libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mplayer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of netpbm:
 netpbm depends on libnetpbm10 (>= 2:10.0-12ubuntu1); however:
  Package libnetpbm10 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing netpbm (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsox-fmt-alsa:
 libsox-fmt-alsa depends on libsox1a (>= 14.3.0); however:
  Package libsox1a is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libsox-fmt-alsa (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dvd-slideshow:
 dvd-slideshow depends on ffmpeg (>= 0.4.8); however:
  Package ffmpeg is not configured yet.
 dvd-slideshow depends on sox; however:
  Package sox is not configured yet.
 dvd-slideshow depends on netpbm; however:
  Package netpbm is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dvd-slideshow (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libavcodec-extra-52:
 libavcodec-extra-52 depends on libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706); however:
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
 libavcodec-extra-52 depends on libavutil-extra-49 (<< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99); however:
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
 libavcodec-extra-52 depends on libopenjpeg2; however:
  Package libopenjpeg2 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libavcodec-extra-52 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mplayer-nogui:
 mplayer-nogui depends on libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) | libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1); however:
  Package libavcodec52 is not installed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-52 is not configured yet.
 mplayer-nogui depends on libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) | libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1); however:
  Package libavutil49 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-49 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mplayer-nogui (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of transcode:
 transcode depends on libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) | libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1); however:
  Package libavcodec52 is not installed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-52 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing transcode (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libavutil-extra-49
 ffmpeg
 libsox1a
 qdvdauthor
 libopenjpeg2
 sox
 libavdevice52
 libnetpbm10
 videotrans
 libsox-fmt-base
 libavfilter0
 subtitleripper
 mplayer
 netpbm
 libsox-fmt-alsa
 dvd-slideshow
 libavcodec-extra-52
 mplayer-nogui
 transcode

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wojox (wojox) said :
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libavutil-extra-49
 ffmpeg
 libsox1a
 qdvdauthor
 libopenjpeg2
 sox
 libavdevice52
 libnetpbm10
 videotrans
 libsox-fmt-base
 libavfilter0
 subtitleripper
 mplayer
 netpbm
 libsox-fmt-alsa
 dvd-slideshow
 libavcodec-extra-52
 mplayer-nogui
 transcode

Starting with the first one run the command sudo dpkg --configure -a replacing "-a" with the package name. One at a time please. If reports not installed then:sudo apt-get install packagename

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