luis@luis-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install synaptic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following packages are BROKEN: libavformat52 libpostproc51 libquicktime1 libswscale0 libxine1-ffmpeg mplayer mplayer-nogui The following NEW packages will be installed: docbook-xml{a} gksu{a} gnome-keyring{a} libcairo-perl{a} libgcr0{a} libgksu2-0{a} libglib-perl{a} libgnome2-canvas-perl{a} libgnome2-perl{a} libgnome2-vfs-perl{a} libgnomevfs2-extra{a} libgp11-0{a} libgtk2-perl{a} libgtop2-7{a} libgtop2-common{a} libpam-gnome-keyring{a} libpango-perl{a} librarian0{a} libvte-common{a} libvte9{a} python-glade2{a} rarian-compat{a} sgml-base{a} sgml-data{a} software-properties-gtk{a} synaptic xml-core{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: bsh{u} cli-common{u} dhcdbd{u} g++-4.2{u} gcj-4.1-base{u} libart2.0-cil{u} libasound2-plugins{u} libavahi1.0-cil{u} libavcodec1d{u} libcamel1.2-11{u} libchipcardd0{u} libchm1{u} libdns35{u} libdvdnav4{u} libdvdread4{u} libedataserver1.2-9{u} libenca0{u} libgalago1.0-cil{u} libgalago3{u} libgconf2.0-cil{u} libgdiplus{u} libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libglade2.0-cil{u} libglib2.0-cil{u} libgmime-2.0-2{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomecups1.0-1{u} libgnomeprint2.2-0{u} libgnomeprint2.2-data{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-0{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-common{u} libgnutlsxx13{u} libgsf0.0-cil{u} libgsm1{u} libgtk2.0-cil{u} libgtkhtml2-0{u} libjaxp1.3-java{u} libkadm55{u} liblame0{u} libltdl3-dev{u} liblzo2-dev{u} libmono-cairo1.0-cil{u} libmono-cairo2.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west1.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil{u} libmono-posix1.0-cil{u} libmono-posix2.0-cil{u} libmono-security1.0-cil{u} libmono-security2.0-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{u} libmono-sqlite2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web2.0-cil{u} libmono-system1.0-cil{u} libmono-system2.0-cil{u} libmono0{u} libmono1.0-cil{u} libmono2.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus1.0-cil{u} libnm-glib0{u} liboil0.3{u} libopenal0a{u} libopencdk10-dev{u} libpanel-applet2-0{u} libphonon4{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} librasqal0{u} libschroedinger-1.0-0{u} libsqlite0{u} libstdc++6-4.2-dev{u} libtaglib2.0-cil{u} libwv-1.2-3{u} libx264-57{u} libxalan2-java{u} libxerces2-java{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27-generic{u} mono-2.0-gac{u} mono-gac{u} mono-runtime{u} xulrunner-1.9{u} xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{u} 0 packages upgraded, 27 newly installed, 108 to remove and 7 not upgraded. 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The following packages have unmet dependencies: libswscale0: Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable mplayer: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable libpostproc51: Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable libavformat52: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavcodec52 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable libxine1-ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable libquicktime1: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable mplayer-nogui: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: libavformat52 libquicktime1 libxine1-ffmpeg mozilla-mplayer mplayer mplayer-nogui quicktime-utils quicktime-x11utils xawtv-plugin-qt Install the following packages: libavutil49 [4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2.2 (karmic-updates, karmic-security, now)] Score is -408 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y The following NEW packages will be installed: docbook-xml{a} gksu{a} gnome-keyring{a} libcairo-perl{a} libgcr0{a} libgksu2-0{a} libglib-perl{a} libgnome2-canvas-perl{a} libgnome2-perl{a} libgnome2-vfs-perl{a} libgnomevfs2-extra{a} libgp11-0{a} libgtk2-perl{a} libgtop2-7{a} libgtop2-common{a} libpam-gnome-keyring{a} libpango-perl{a} librarian0{a} libvte-common{a} libvte9{a} python-glade2{a} rarian-compat{a} sgml-base{a} sgml-data{a} software-properties-gtk{a} synaptic xml-core{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: bsh{u} cli-common{u} dhcdbd{u} g++-4.2{u} gcj-4.1-base{u} libart2.0-cil{u} libasound2-plugins{u} libavahi1.0-cil{u} libavc1394-0{u} libavcodec1d{u} libavformat52{a} libcamel1.2-11{u} libcelt0{u} libchipcardd0{u} libchm1{u} libdns35{u} libdv4{u} libdvdnav4{u} libdvdread4{u} libedataserver1.2-9{u} libenca0{u} libfaac0{u} libfaad0{u} libffado1{u} libfreebob0{u} libgalago1.0-cil{u} libgalago3{u} libgconf2.0-cil{u} libgdiplus{u} libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libglade2.0-cil{u} libglib2.0-cil{u} libglibmm-2.4-1c2a{u} libgmime-2.0-2{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomecups1.0-1{u} libgnomeprint2.2-0{u} libgnomeprint2.2-data{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-0{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-common{u} libgnutlsxx13{u} libgsf0.0-cil{u} libgsm1{u} libgtk2.0-cil{u} libgtkhtml2-0{u} libiec61883-0{u} libjack0{u} libjaxp1.3-java{u} libkadm55{u} liblame0{u} liblircclient0{u} libltdl3-dev{u} liblzo2-dev{u} libmono-cairo1.0-cil{u} libmono-cairo2.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west1.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil{u} libmono-posix1.0-cil{u} libmono-posix2.0-cil{u} libmono-security1.0-cil{u} libmono-security2.0-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{u} libmono-sqlite2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web2.0-cil{u} libmono-system1.0-cil{u} libmono-system2.0-cil{u} libmono0{u} libmono1.0-cil{u} libmono2.0-cil{u} libmp3lame0{u} libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus1.0-cil{u} libnm-glib0{u} liboil0.3{u} libopenal0a{u} libopenal1{u} libopencdk10-dev{u} libpanel-applet2-0{u} libphonon4{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} libpostproc51{u} libquicktime1{a} librasqal0{u} libraw1394-11{u} libschroedinger-1.0-0{u} libsqlite0{u} libstdc++6-4.2-dev{u} libsvga1{u} libswscale0{u} libtaglib2.0-cil{u} libwv-1.2-3{u} libx264-57{u} libx264-67{u} libxalan2-java{u} libxerces2-java{u} libxine1-ffmpeg{a} libxml++2.6-2{u} libxvidcore4{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27-generic{u} mono-2.0-gac{u} mono-gac{u} mono-runtime{u} mozilla-mplayer{a} mplayer{a} mplayer-nogui{a} mplayer-skins{u} quicktime-utils{a} quicktime-x11utils{a} xawtv-plugin-qt{a} xulrunner-1.9{u} xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{u} 0 packages upgraded, 27 newly installed, 138 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 648MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. Writing extended state information... Done E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download luis@luis-laptop:~$ sudo flashplugin-nonfree update sudo: flashplugin-nonfree: command not found luis@luis-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done The following packages are BROKEN: libavformat52 libpostproc51 libquicktime1 libswscale0 libxine1-ffmpeg mplayer mplayer-nogui The following NEW packages will be installed: flashplugin-installer{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: bsh{u} cli-common{u} dhcdbd{u} g++-4.2{u} gcj-4.1-base{u} libart2.0-cil{u} libavahi1.0-cil{u} libavcodec1d{u} libcamel1.2-11{u} libchipcardd0{u} libchm1{u} libdns35{u} libdvdnav4{u} libdvdread4{u} libedataserver1.2-9{u} libenca0{u} libgalago1.0-cil{u} libgalago3{u} libgconf2.0-cil{u} libgdiplus{u} libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libglade2.0-cil{u} libglib2.0-cil{u} libgmime-2.0-2{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomecups1.0-1{u} libgnomeprint2.2-0{u} libgnomeprint2.2-data{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-0{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-common{u} libgnutlsxx13{u} libgsf0.0-cil{u} libgsm1{u} libgtk2.0-cil{u} libgtkhtml2-0{u} libjaxp1.3-java{u} libkadm55{u} liblame0{u} libltdl3-dev{u} liblzo2-dev{u} libmono-cairo1.0-cil{u} libmono-cairo2.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west1.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil{u} libmono-posix1.0-cil{u} libmono-posix2.0-cil{u} libmono-security1.0-cil{u} libmono-security2.0-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{u} libmono-sqlite2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web2.0-cil{u} libmono-system1.0-cil{u} libmono-system2.0-cil{u} libmono0{u} libmono1.0-cil{u} libmono2.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus1.0-cil{u} libnm-glib0{u} liboil0.3{u} libopenal0a{u} libopencdk10-dev{u} libpanel-applet2-0{u} libphonon4{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} librasqal0{u} libschroedinger-1.0-0{u} libsqlite0{u} libstdc++6-4.2-dev{u} libtaglib2.0-cil{u} libwv-1.2-3{u} libx264-57{u} libxalan2-java{u} libxerces2-java{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27-generic{u} mono-2.0-gac{u} mono-gac{u} mono-runtime{u} xulrunner-1.9{u} xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{u} The following packages will be upgraded: flashplugin-nonfree 1 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 107 to remove and 6 not upgraded. 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The following packages have unmet dependencies: libswscale0: Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable mplayer: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable libpostproc51: Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable libavformat52: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavcodec52 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable libxine1-ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable libquicktime1: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable mplayer-nogui: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: libavformat52 libquicktime1 libxine1-ffmpeg mozilla-mplayer mplayer mplayer-nogui quicktime-utils quicktime-x11utils xawtv-plugin-qt Install the following packages: libavutil49 [4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2.2 (karmic-updates, karmic-security, now)] Score is -408 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y The following NEW packages will be installed: flashplugin-installer{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: bsh{u} cli-common{u} dhcdbd{u} g++-4.2{u} gcj-4.1-base{u} libart2.0-cil{u} libavahi1.0-cil{u} libavc1394-0{u} libavcodec1d{u} libavformat52{a} libcamel1.2-11{u} libcelt0{u} libchipcardd0{u} libchm1{u} libdns35{u} libdv4{u} libdvdnav4{u} libdvdread4{u} libedataserver1.2-9{u} libenca0{u} libfaac0{u} libfaad0{u} libffado1{u} libfreebob0{u} libgalago1.0-cil{u} libgalago3{u} libgconf2.0-cil{u} libgdiplus{u} libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libglade2.0-cil{u} libglib2.0-cil{u} libglibmm-2.4-1c2a{u} libgmime-2.0-2{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomecups1.0-1{u} libgnomeprint2.2-0{u} libgnomeprint2.2-data{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-0{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-common{u} libgnutlsxx13{u} libgsf0.0-cil{u} libgsm1{u} libgtk2.0-cil{u} libgtkhtml2-0{u} libiec61883-0{u} libjack0{u} libjaxp1.3-java{u} libkadm55{u} liblame0{u} liblircclient0{u} libltdl3-dev{u} liblzo2-dev{u} libmono-cairo1.0-cil{u} libmono-cairo2.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west1.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil{u} libmono-posix1.0-cil{u} libmono-posix2.0-cil{u} libmono-security1.0-cil{u} libmono-security2.0-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{u} libmono-sqlite2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web2.0-cil{u} libmono-system1.0-cil{u} libmono-system2.0-cil{u} libmono0{u} libmono1.0-cil{u} libmono2.0-cil{u} libmp3lame0{u} libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus1.0-cil{u} libnm-glib0{u} liboil0.3{u} libopenal0a{u} libopenal1{u} libopencdk10-dev{u} libpanel-applet2-0{u} libphonon4{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} libpostproc51{u} libquicktime1{a} librasqal0{u} libraw1394-11{u} libschroedinger-1.0-0{u} libsqlite0{u} libstdc++6-4.2-dev{u} libsvga1{u} libswscale0{u} libtaglib2.0-cil{u} libwv-1.2-3{u} libx264-57{u} libx264-67{u} libxalan2-java{u} libxerces2-java{u} libxine1-ffmpeg{a} libxml++2.6-2{u} libxvidcore4{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27-generic{u} mono-2.0-gac{u} mono-gac{u} mono-runtime{u} mozilla-mplayer{a} mplayer{a} mplayer-nogui{a} mplayer-skins{u} quicktime-utils{a} quicktime-x11utils{a} xawtv-plugin-qt{a} xulrunner-1.9{u} xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{u} The following packages will be upgraded: flashplugin-nonfree 1 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 137 to remove and 6 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/21.5kB of archives. After unpacking 678MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: flashplugin-nonfree E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done luis@luis-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install --reinstall flashplugin-nonfree aptitude: unrecognized option '--reinstall' aptitude 0.4.11.11 Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i] aptitude [options] ... Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode): install - Install/upgrade packages remove - Remove packages purge - Remove packages and their configuration files hold - Place packages on hold unhold - Cancel a hold command for a package markauto - Mark packages as having been automatically installed unmarkauto - Mark packages as having been manually installed forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package version. update - Download lists of new/upgradable packages safe-upgrade - Perform a safe upgrade full-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages forget-new - Forget what packages are "new" search - Search for a package by name and/or expression show - Display detailed information about a package clean - Erase downloaded package files autoclean - Erase old downloaded package files changelog - View a package's changelog download - Download the .deb file for a package reinstall - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package why - Show the manually installed packages that require a package, or why one or more packages would require the given package why-not - Show the manually installed packages that lead to a conflict with the given package, or why one or more packages would lead to a conflict with the given package if installed Options: -h This help text -s Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them. -d Only download packages, do not install or remove anything. -P Always prompt for confirmation or actions -y Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes' -F format Specify a format for displaying search results; see the manual -O order Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual -w width Specify the display width for formatting search results -f Aggressively try to fix broken packages. -V Show which versions of packages are to be installed. -D Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages. -Z Show the change in installed size of each package. -v Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times) -t [release] Set the release from which packages should be installed -q In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress indicators. -o key=val Directly set the configuration option named 'key' --with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as strong dependencies -S fname Read the aptitude extended status info from fname. -u Download new package lists on startup. -i Perform an install run on startup. This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers. luis@luis-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall flashplugin-nonfree Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done The following packages are BROKEN: libavformat52 libpostproc51 libquicktime1 libswscale0 libxine1-ffmpeg mplayer mplayer-nogui The following packages will be REINSTALLED: flashplugin-nonfree The following packages will be REMOVED: bsh{u} cli-common{u} dhcdbd{u} g++-4.2{u} gcj-4.1-base{u} libart2.0-cil{u} libasound2-plugins{u} libavahi1.0-cil{u} libavcodec1d{u} libcamel1.2-11{u} libchipcardd0{u} libchm1{u} libdns35{u} libdvdnav4{u} libdvdread4{u} libedataserver1.2-9{u} libenca0{u} libgalago1.0-cil{u} libgalago3{u} libgconf2.0-cil{u} libgdiplus{u} libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libglade2.0-cil{u} libglib2.0-cil{u} libgmime-2.0-2{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomecups1.0-1{u} libgnomeprint2.2-0{u} libgnomeprint2.2-data{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-0{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-common{u} libgnutlsxx13{u} libgsf0.0-cil{u} libgsm1{u} libgtk2.0-cil{u} libgtkhtml2-0{u} libjaxp1.3-java{u} libkadm55{u} liblame0{u} libltdl3-dev{u} liblzo2-dev{u} libmono-cairo1.0-cil{u} libmono-cairo2.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west1.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil{u} libmono-posix1.0-cil{u} libmono-posix2.0-cil{u} libmono-security1.0-cil{u} libmono-security2.0-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{u} libmono-sqlite2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web2.0-cil{u} libmono-system1.0-cil{u} libmono-system2.0-cil{u} libmono0{u} libmono1.0-cil{u} libmono2.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus1.0-cil{u} libnm-glib0{u} liboil0.3{u} libopenal0a{u} libopencdk10-dev{u} libpanel-applet2-0{u} libphonon4{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} librasqal0{u} libschroedinger-1.0-0{u} libsqlite0{u} libstdc++6-4.2-dev{u} libtaglib2.0-cil{u} libwv-1.2-3{u} libx264-57{u} libxalan2-java{u} libxerces2-java{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27-generic{u} mono-2.0-gac{u} mono-gac{u} mono-runtime{u} xulrunner-1.9{u} xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{u} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 108 to remove and 6 not upgraded. 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The following packages have unmet dependencies: libswscale0: Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable mplayer: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable libpostproc51: Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable libavformat52: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavcodec52 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 4:0.5+svn20090706) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (< 4:0.5+svn20090706-99) but it is not installable libxine1-ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable libquicktime1: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable mplayer-nogui: Depends: libavcodec52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable Depends: libavutil49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or libavutil-extra-49 (>= 3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: libavformat52 libquicktime1 libxine1-ffmpeg mozilla-mplayer mplayer mplayer-nogui quicktime-utils quicktime-x11utils xawtv-plugin-qt Install the following packages: libavutil49 [4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2.2 (karmic-updates, karmic-security, now)] Score is -408 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y The following packages will be REINSTALLED: flashplugin-nonfree The following packages will be REMOVED: bsh{u} cli-common{u} dhcdbd{u} g++-4.2{u} gcj-4.1-base{u} libart2.0-cil{u} libasound2-plugins{u} libavahi1.0-cil{u} libavc1394-0{u} libavcodec1d{u} libavformat52{a} libcamel1.2-11{u} libcelt0{u} libchipcardd0{u} libchm1{u} libdns35{u} libdv4{u} libdvdnav4{u} libdvdread4{u} libedataserver1.2-9{u} libenca0{u} libfaac0{u} libfaad0{u} libffado1{u} libfreebob0{u} libgalago1.0-cil{u} libgalago3{u} libgconf2.0-cil{u} libgdiplus{u} libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libglade2.0-cil{u} libglib2.0-cil{u} libglibmm-2.4-1c2a{u} libgmime-2.0-2{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomecups1.0-1{u} libgnomeprint2.2-0{u} libgnomeprint2.2-data{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-0{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-common{u} libgnutlsxx13{u} libgsf0.0-cil{u} libgsm1{u} libgtk2.0-cil{u} libgtkhtml2-0{u} libiec61883-0{u} libjack0{u} libjaxp1.3-java{u} libkadm55{u} liblame0{u} liblircclient0{u} libltdl3-dev{u} liblzo2-dev{u} libmono-cairo1.0-cil{u} libmono-cairo2.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west1.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil{u} libmono-posix1.0-cil{u} libmono-posix2.0-cil{u} libmono-security1.0-cil{u} libmono-security2.0-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{u} libmono-sqlite2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web2.0-cil{u} libmono-system1.0-cil{u} libmono-system2.0-cil{u} libmono0{u} libmono1.0-cil{u} libmono2.0-cil{u} libmp3lame0{u} libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus1.0-cil{u} libnm-glib0{u} liboil0.3{u} libopenal0a{u} libopenal1{u} libopencdk10-dev{u} libpanel-applet2-0{u} libphonon4{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} libpostproc51{u} libquicktime1{a} librasqal0{u} libraw1394-11{u} libschroedinger-1.0-0{u} libsqlite0{u} libstdc++6-4.2-dev{u} libsvga1{u} libswscale0{u} libtaglib2.0-cil{u} libwv-1.2-3{u} libx264-57{u} libx264-67{u} libxalan2-java{u} libxerces2-java{u} libxine1-ffmpeg{a} libxml++2.6-2{u} libxvidcore4{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27-generic{u} mono-2.0-gac{u} mono-gac{u} mono-runtime{u} mozilla-mplayer{a} mplayer{a} mplayer-nogui{a} mplayer-skins{u} quicktime-utils{a} quicktime-x11utils{a} xawtv-plugin-qt{a} xulrunner-1.9{u} xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{u} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 138 to remove and 6 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 679MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. Writing extended state information... Done E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download luis@luis-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install vlc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: liba52-0.7.4{a} libass3{a} libavcodec52{a} libavutil49{a} libcddb2{a} libdca0{a} libdvbpsi5{a} libebml0{a} libiso9660-5{a} liblua5.1-0{a} libmatroska0{a} libmpeg2-4{a} libsdl-image1.2{a} libshout3{a} libtar{a} libtwolame0{a} libupnp3{a} libvcdinfo0{a} libvlc2{a} libvlccore2{a} libxcb-keysyms1{a} vlc vlc-data{a} vlc-nox{a} vlc-plugin-pulse{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: bsh{u} cli-common{u} dhcdbd{u} g++-4.2{u} gcj-4.1-base{u} libart2.0-cil{u} libasound2-plugins{u} libavahi1.0-cil{u} libavcodec1d{u} libcamel1.2-11{u} libchipcardd0{u} libchm1{u} libdns35{u} libedataserver1.2-9{u} libgalago1.0-cil{u} libgalago3{u} libgconf2.0-cil{u} libgdiplus{u} libggi2{u} libgii1{u} libgii1-target-x{u} libglade2.0-cil{u} libglib2.0-cil{u} libgmime-2.0-2{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.0-cil{u} libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomecups1.0-1{u} libgnomeprint2.2-0{u} libgnomeprint2.2-data{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-0{u} libgnomeprintui2.2-common{u} libgnutlsxx13{u} libgsf0.0-cil{u} libgtk2.0-cil{u} libgtkhtml2-0{u} libjaxp1.3-java{u} libkadm55{u} liblame0{u} libltdl3-dev{u} liblzo2-dev{u} libmono-cairo1.0-cil{u} libmono-cairo2.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib1.0-cil{u} libmono-corlib2.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds1.0-cil{u} libmono-data-tds2.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west1.0-cil{u} libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil{u} libmono-posix1.0-cil{u} libmono-posix2.0-cil{u} libmono-security1.0-cil{u} libmono-security2.0-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil{u} libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil{u} libmono-sqlite2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-data2.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web1.0-cil{u} libmono-system-web2.0-cil{u} libmono-system1.0-cil{u} libmono-system2.0-cil{u} libmono0{u} libmono1.0-cil{u} libmono2.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil{u} libndesk-dbus1.0-cil{u} libnm-glib0{u} libopenal0a{u} libopencdk10-dev{u} libpanel-applet2-0{u} libphonon4{u} libpoppler-glib2{u} librasqal0{u} libsqlite0{u} libstdc++6-4.2-dev{u} libtaglib2.0-cil{u} libwv-1.2-3{u} libx264-57{u} libxalan2-java{u} libxerces2-java{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-22-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-23-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-25-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-26-generic{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.24-27-generic{u} mono-2.0-gac{u} mono-gac{u} mono-runtime{u} xulrunner-1.9{u} xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{u} 0 packages upgraded, 25 newly installed, 102 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 603MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. Writing extended state information... Done E: I wasn't able to locate file for the flashplugin-nonfree package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download luis@luis-laptop:~$ luis@luis-laptop:~$