Apologies to Andrei -- inadvertently sent by mail:
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Failed to install VLC from wheezy backports Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:16:47 +0100 From: Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> To: Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> On 09/12/14 00:04, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 08 dec 14, 17:30:44, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> >> root@tony-fr:~# apt-get -t wheezy-backports 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 (= 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1) but 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 is to be >> installed >> Depends: libvlccore7 (>= 2.1.0) but it is not going to be installed >> Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1) but >> 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 is to be installed >> Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1) but >> 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 is to be installed >> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > Please show the outputs of > > apt-cache policy > apt-cache policy vlc > apt-cache policy vlc-nox > apt-cache policy libvlccore7 > Thanks for taking an interest, Andrei here goes: tony@tony-fr:~$ sudo apt-cache policy [sudo] password for tony: Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main Translation-en 100 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages release v=,o=Debian Backports,a=wheezy-backports,n=wheezy-backports,l=Debian Backports,c=main origin ftp.uk.debian.org 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/non-free Translation-en 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/main Translation-en 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/contrib Translation-en 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/contrib amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=stable-updates,n=wheezy-updates,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.uk.debian.org 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/non-free amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=stable-updates,n=wheezy-updates,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.uk.debian.org 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=stable-updates,n=wheezy-updates,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.uk.debian.org 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/non-free Translation-en 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main Translation-en 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/contrib amd64 Packages release v=7.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib origin security.debian.org 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/non-free amd64 Packages release v=7.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free origin security.debian.org 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages release v=7.0,o=Debian,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=main origin security.debian.org 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages release v=7.7,o=Debian,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.uk.debian.org 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages release v=7.7,o=Debian,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.uk.debian.org 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages release v=7.7,o=Debian,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.uk.debian.org Pinned packages: tony@tony-fr:~$ sudo apt-cache policy vlc vlc: Installed: 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 Candidate: 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 Version table: 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1 0 100 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages *** 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 0 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status tony@tony-fr:~$ sudo apt-cache policy vlc-nox vlc-nox: Installed: 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 Candidate: 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 Version table: 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1 0 100 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages *** 2.0.3-5+deb7u1 0 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status tony@tony-fr:~$ sudo apt-cache policy libvlccore7 libvlccore7: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1 Version table: 2.1.5-1~bpo70+1 0 100 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages Perho aps you, or someone, could kindly explain what this means, so that I might have a better chance of resolving such problems myself in the future :) -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Ariège, France | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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