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Amarok asks for a decoder - tried various options

Asked by Rusty on 2007-11-16

Your question was reopened.
Hi, Amarok asks for a decoder - I looked at answers re xcine at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

I tried sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg
and got
Laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg
[sudo] password for x:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... 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:
  libxine1-ffmpeg: Depends: libxine1 (< 1.1.5) but 1.1.7-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
I do not know how to go forward
Rusty
With the help of another answer, I was now able to install Synaptic and it works
HOWEVER I cannot find the items (I am using GG Kubuntu ) refering to Applications - is my Synaptic perhaps older? (0.60ubuntu5) I then tried typing the Kubuntu restricted extras item under search but nothing is loaded:
  Ubuntu 7.10
  Synaptic
   Go to Applications → Add/Remove...
    *
      Set Show: to All available applications
    *
      Search for ubuntu-restricted-extras and install it. Note that there is also xubuntu-restricted-extras and kubuntu-restricted-extras
Any ideas?
Rusty
 arochester said 36 minutes ago:

2) You can load kubuntu-restricted-extras in the same way. When you are connected to the Internet open a Terminal and input: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras
3) There is also ubuntu-restricted-extras. I have both. Again when you are connected to the Internet open a Terminal and input: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
4) For your broken package either use synaptic - Status>Broken package or try, when you are connected to the Internet open a Terminal and input: sudo apt-get install --fix-missing

 Rusty said 1 seconds ago:
hi, I did as you said but it did not work
have a look:
Laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras
[sudo] password for x:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package kubuntu-restricted-extras
Laptop:~$
 HOWEVER with another answer I was able to download Synaptic and it works
I will try to fix the items Broken packages
Rusty

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2007-12-09
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2007-11-26
Rusty (piet10) said : #1

Hi,
thanx for help so far
Synaptic does not sort my problems out and the terminal also not

Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : #2

Hi !

enter those commands in the terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

that should do the trick. report here any error message you may get

Rusty (piet10) said : #3

Hi
Hi, this is is what I get - after some updating lines

Fetched 749kB in 23s (32.3kB/s)
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
kubuntu-restricted-extras is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Laptop:~$

Amarok still says it needs a decoder
Rusty

Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : #4

OK. first, your sources.list file seems to be messed up :-)

please post here the result of the command

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Rusty (piet10) said : #5

 Hi Olivier, this is the result of that cat command:

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016.1)]/ gutsy main restricted
deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted universe
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

# deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071017)]/ gutsy main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security restricted main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates restricted main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main

Laptop:~$

Rusty (piet10) said : #6

Olivier, the message was sent before I was fininshed - however just note that I am using GG Kubuntu which I got from a GG Kubuntu DVD - which I bought - hoping that all will be correct on it - I have updated from the net after that. Thanx for the help up to now - I hope u can see if anything is still missing? Rusty

Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : #7

Hi !

edit your sources.list file ( "sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list" in a terminal) delete all and put that :

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ gutsy partner
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## sources repositories

# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ gutsy partner

## codecs
deb http://fr.packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free

Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : #8

you can replace "us" by the "za" as in you previous post if that works.

theb use synaptic to reload the packages informations and install kubuntu-restricted-extra

Rusty (piet10) said : #9

Hi, this is the message when I type the 1st line in:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo: gedit: command not found

I then tried without the "G" in 'edit'

    Laptop:~$ sudo edit /etc/apt/sources.list
    Warning: unknown mime-type for "/etc/apt/sources.list" -- using "application/*"
    Error: no "edit" mailcap rules found for type "application/*"

I then tried to use the other lines to see if something goes:
It replied:
    bash: deb: command not found

So I,m back to square one
Rusty

sitafa (mwraa) said : #10

I had the same problem...
Open amarok and clik on the "magnatune" tab. Under the magnatune screen clik on update. After it updates try to open and play any of the listed items it has there. You will be prompted to update mp3 support and ubuntu does this automatically.... I cant remember the actual package name or i would list here, lol. After it updates restart amarok and you should be rocking again...hope this helps

Rusty (piet10) said : #11

Hi
I have now come to the conclussion that the DVD which I used, had some problem - I will now first try to get a new DVD and then see if there still is the same problem
greetings
Rusty