software-center will not install vlc

Package dependencies cannot be resolved

This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

vlc: Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but 2.1.0~~git20120324+r1286-0~r74~maverick1 is to be installed
     Depends: libavcodec-extra-53 (>= 4:0.8-1~) but 4:0.8.6ubuntu0.12.04.1 is to be installed
     Depends: libavutil-extra-51 (>= 4:0.8-1~) but 4:0.8.6ubuntu0.12.04.1 is to be installed
     Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.15-0ubuntu10.3 is to be installed
     Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) but 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.1 is to be installed
     Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed
     Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4 is to be installed
     Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4 is to be installed
     Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) but 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed
     Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg) but 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu4 is to be installed

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy vlc vlc-nox

Thanks

$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy vlc vlc-nox
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux KISE-005 3.2.0-39-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 28 00:28:53 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
vlc:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Version table:
     2.1.0~~git20120324+r1286-0~r74~maverick1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
        500 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
     2.0.1-4 0
        500 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
vlc-nox:
  Installed: 2.1.0~~git20120324+r1286-0~r74~maverick1
  Candidate: 2.1.0~~git20120324+r1286-0~r74~maverick1
  Version table:
 *** 2.1.0~~git20120324+r1286-0~r74~maverick1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
        500 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
     2.0.1-4 0
        500 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

sudo apt-get --purge remove vlc
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
mv ~/.config/vlc ~/.config/vlcold
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install vlc

FAIL:

ljohnson@KISE-005:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc
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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but 2.1.0~~git20120324+r1286-0~r74~maverick1 is to be installed
       Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
       Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

sudo apt-get --purge remove vlc-nox
sudo apt-get install vlc --no-install-recommends

There is something wrong with your sources lists . What this maverick(10.10) has to do with precise (12.04) ?

Please give the results of the following command

     find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

Regards
 NikTh

@NickTh: I guess this is a remainder from a PPA https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/master-daily that must have been activated about a year ago (at a moment when the system most probably was still on maverick). Since the version number is higher than any official version, apparently vlc/vlc-nox has has never been replaced by an official version.

The command that you gave should show if there is stilll something left in the sources.list.

SUCCESS

root@KISE-005:/home# apt-get --purge remove vlc-nox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  vlc-nox* vlc-plugin-zvbi*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
After this operation, 9,253 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 491222 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing vlc-plugin-zvbi ...
Removing vlc-nox ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
root@KISE-005:/home# apt-get install vlc --no-install-recommends
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
  libavformat-extra-52 libiso9660-7 libdvbpsi6 libx264-98
libpostproc-extra-51
  libdirac-decoder0 libswscale-extra-0 libmatroska2 libebml2
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libdvbpsi7 libmtp-common libmtp9 libsdl-image1.2 libtar0 libxcb-composite0
  libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 vlc-nox
Recommended packages:
  libmtp-runtime vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libmtp8
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdvbpsi7 libmtp-common libmtp9 libsdl-image1.2 libtar0 libxcb-composite0
  libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 vlc vlc-nox
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 1 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 4,492 kB of archives.
After this operation, 13.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
libmtp-common all 1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1 [44.6 kB]
Get:2 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libmtp9
amd64 1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1 [144 kB]
Get:3 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise/universe
libsdl-image1.2 amd64 1.2.10-3 [29.4 kB]
Get:4 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
libxcb-composite0 amd64 1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1 [5,470 B]
Get:5 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
libxcb-randr0 amd64 1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1 [14.5 kB]
Get:6 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise/universe libdvbpsi7
amd64 0.2.2-1 [36.8 kB]
Get:7 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise/universe libtar0 amd64
1.2.11-8 [19.3 kB]
Get:8 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe
vlc-nox amd64 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 [2,817 kB]
Get:9 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise/universe
libxcb-keysyms1 amd64 0.3.8-1build1 [8,200 B]
Get:10 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe vlc
amd64 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 [1,373 kB]
Fetched 4,492 kB in 21s (207 kB/s)

(Reading database ... 490809 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libmtp8 ...
Processing triggers for hal ...
Regenerating hal fdi cache ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Selecting previously unselected package libmtp-common.
(Reading database ... 490799 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libmtp-common (from .../libmtp-common_1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1_all.deb)
...
Selecting previously unselected package libmtp9.
Unpacking libmtp9 (from .../libmtp9_1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsdl-image1.2.
Unpacking libsdl-image1.2 (from .../libsdl-image1.2_1.2.10-3_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libxcb-composite0.
Unpacking libxcb-composite0 (from
.../libxcb-composite0_1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libxcb-randr0.
Unpacking libxcb-randr0 (from .../libxcb-randr0_1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb)
...
Selecting previously unselected package libdvbpsi7.
Unpacking libdvbpsi7 (from .../libdvbpsi7_0.2.2-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libtar0.
Unpacking libtar0 (from .../libtar0_1.2.11-8_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-nox.
Unpacking vlc-nox (from .../vlc-nox_2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libxcb-keysyms1.
Unpacking libxcb-keysyms1 (from
.../libxcb-keysyms1_0.3.8-1build1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc.
Unpacking vlc (from .../vlc_2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for hal ...
Regenerating hal fdi cache ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Setting up libmtp-common (1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libmtp9 (1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libsdl-image1.2 (1.2.10-3) ...
Setting up libxcb-composite0 (1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libxcb-randr0 (1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libdvbpsi7 (0.2.2-1) ...
Setting up libtar0 (1.2.11-8) ...
Setting up vlc-nox (2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Setting up libxcb-keysyms1 (0.3.8-1build1) ...
Setting up vlc (2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for menu ...

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:26 AM, Manfred Hampl <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #227096 on software-center in Ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/227096
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> sudo apt-get --purge remove vlc-nox
> sudo apt-get install vlc --no-install-recommends
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
>
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lj, the keepitsimpleengineer

――――――――――――――――――

*My first computer* (college)* versus my last computer *(home)

7,000,000 times faster CPU⋯4 times more CPUs.

400,000 times more memory⋯750,000 times more disk storage

48 years younger⋯Cost 99.4% less (in 2011 dollars)

――――――――――――――――――

This system was upgraded with very limited success from 10.04.4..

Details are here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/151461/how-can-i-upgrade-from-ubuntu-10-10-to-12-04

root@KISE-005:/# find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e
"\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/sevenmachines-flash-maverick.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sevenmachines/flash/ubuntu maverick
main
     2 # deb-src
http://ppa.launchpad.net/sevenmachines/flash/ubuntumaverick main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-gthumb-maverick.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/gthumb/ubuntu natty main
# disabled on upgrade to natty
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/gthumb/ubuntu natty
main # disabled on upgrade to natty

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozillateam-firefox-stable-maverick.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntunatty
main # disabled on upgrade to natty
     2 # deb-src
http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntunatty main #
disabled on upgrade to natty

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be
lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list

     1 # This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date
     2 # as part of regular system upgrades
     3
     4 # deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera Browser
(final releases) disabled on upgrade to natty
     5
     6 # The line above will make sure you get all final public releases.
     7 # Uncomment the following line if you want to get alpha and beta
     8 # releases, too.
     9
    10 # deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free #Opera
Browser (beta releases)

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lucid-partner.list

     1 # channel for the karmic (10.04) partner channel
     2 #
     3 #:description:This channel contains the partner software for karmic
     4 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-precise.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntuprecise
main
     2 deb-src
http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu precise
main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/michael-gruz-canon-maverick.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon/ubuntu natty main
# disabled on upgrade to natty
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon/ubuntu natty
main # disabled on upgrade to natty

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-maverick.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu natty main #
disabled on upgrade to natty
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu natty main
# disabled on upgrade to natty

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

     1 ## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
     2 # deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free #Medibuntu
- Ubuntu 10.10 "maverick meerkat" disabled on upgrade to natty
     3 # deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ natty free non-free
#Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 10.10 "maverick meerkat" disabled on upgrade
to natty

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mythbuntu-0_25-precise.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.25/ubuntu precise main
     2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.25/ubuntu precise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu precise
main
     2 # deb-src
http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntuprecise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mythbuntu-0_26-precise.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.26/ubuntu precise main
     2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.26/ubuntu precise main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

     1 deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam
     2 deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be
lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-lucid.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
# disabled on upgrade to maverick

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-maverick.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu natty main #
disabled on upgrade to natty
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu natty main
# disabled on upgrade to natty

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/maverick-partner.list

     1 # channel for the karmic (10.10) partner channel
     2 #
     3 #:description:This channel contains the partner software for maverick
     4 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release amd64
(20100429)]/ lucid main restricted
     2 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to
upgrade to
     3 # newer versions of the distribution.
     4
     5 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
     6
     7 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     8 ## distribution.
     9 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates main
restricted
    10
    11 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
Ubuntu
    12 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT
receive any
    13 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    14 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise universe
    15 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
    16
    17 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
Ubuntu
    18 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy
yourself as to
    19 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software
in
    20 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    21 ## security team.
    22 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
    23 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
    24
    25 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the
'backports'
    26 ## repository.
    27 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    28 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it
includes
    29 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful
features.
    30 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any
review
    31 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    32 # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
    33 # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
    34
    35 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    36 ## 'partner' repository.
    37 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical
and the
    38 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    39 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
    40 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
    41
    42 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security main
restricted
    43 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
    44 deb http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
    45 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ oneiric partner
    46 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main #Third party
developers repository
    47 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu natty
main # disabled on upgrade to natty
    48 # deb-src
http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntunatty main #
disabled on upgrade to natty
    49 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu natty
main # disabled on upgrade to natty
    50 # deb-src
http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntunatty main #
disabled on upgrade to natty

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 3:16 AM, NikTh <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Your question #227096 on software-center in Ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/227096
>
> NikTh requested more information:
> There is something wrong with your sources lists . What this
> maverick(10.10) has to do with precise (12.04) ?
>
> Please give the results of the following command
>
> find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat
> -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;
>
> Regards
> NikTh
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/227096
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

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lj, the keepitsimpleengineer

――――――――――――――――――

*My first computer* (college)* versus my last computer *(home)

7,000,000 times faster CPU⋯4 times more CPUs.

400,000 times more memory⋯750,000 times more disk storage

48 years younger⋯Cost 99.4% less (in 2011 dollars)

――――――――――――――――――

Because I don't want to give you 10 or 11 commands to remove all the false entries that you have in your sources lists , execute the commands below .. one by one.

    sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ~/old-sources/
    sudo mkdir /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
    sudo wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=uzhrtg5M" -O /etc/apt/sources.list
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install -f
    sudo dpkg --configure -a

Above commands will REMOVE ALL your sources lists , all your repositories...(but will keep a backup in your home directory) so you if you want some of them (such as grub-customizer repository) you have to add them from start.

Regards
 NikTh