package break

[nwas]

I was trying to upgrade amarok to 1.4 and I added the required repository.

I get a BREAK(cannot upgrade) error. This screenshot should show what packages I am missing. How do I install those missing packages. Thanks alot for anyone who helps


also in console i got:
nick@nick-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install amarok
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 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:
amarok: Depends: libexscalibar1 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libifp4 but it is not installable
Depends: libvisual0.2 (>= 0.2.0) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
nick@nick-laptop:~$

[claydoh]

Re: package break

Make sure youm have refreshed (fetch updates) or run 'sudo apt-get update' to get the latest package list, and then run 'apt-get upgrade' ('Full upgrade' in Adept) to install all the missing items. You will also need to enable Universe/Multiverse in your sources.list. I am not positive, but the "--reinstall" may be trying to only install the one app, bypassing the dependencies, so "sudo apt-get upgrade' should pull everything in.

[nwas]

Re: package break

nick@nick-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
amarok amarok-xine
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.


what do i do now?

thank you for your help

[claydoh]

Re: package break

I think the old amarok-arts package may be getting in the way, if that is installed, uninstall that and see if that clears it up

[nwas]

Re: package break

nick@nick-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove amarok-arts
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package amarok-arts is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.


could it be that xine could be messed up?

[claydoh]

Re: package break

I don't think so. Do you have Univers/multiverse enabled? some of Amarok 1.4's dependencies are to be found there

libxscalibar needs some universe dependencies:

Depends: libifp4 but it is not installable
Depends: libvisual0.2 (>= 0.2.0) but it is not installable

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AddingReposi...epositories%29

[nwas]

Re: package break

here is my sources list;

deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-14 dapper main
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-353 dapper main
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

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

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe


is there something im missing in there?

thanks again

[mchuskie]

Re: package break

I think I had this, if there's an older libvisual package (libvisual0?) lying around somewhere then removing it was how I managed to solve the problem.

[nwas]

Re: package break

libvisual0.2 is required for amarok 1.4, but i don't have that installed since i can't upgrade to amarok 1.4. Is there any way to solve this?

I could remove amarok but in doing so removes kubuntu-desktop, and that doesn't sound good.


thanks again

[Fenyx]

Re: package break

I think the problem would be that in your sources list, you only have multiverse enabled for the regular deb repository, but only universe enabled for the deb-src. The things needed by amaroK to upgrade to 1.4 are in the universe.

Change these two lines:

deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper multiverse 
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper universe

into these:

deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper universe multiverse 
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper universe multiverse

See if that helps.

[nwas]

Re: package break

it allowed me to install amarok-arts but thats it. If i try to upgrade amarok it switches amarok-arts to remove and amarok says BREAK. Any other ideas?

thanks

[nwas]

Re: package break

Change these two lines:
Code:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

into these:
Code:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe


i changed it to universe instead of multiverse...not sure if you misprinted the code before...I'm not sure what the difference between multiverse and universe means. If someone could tell me that would be great..

I'll see if it works this way.. I'll let you know

[nwas]

Re: package break

I selected those packages and everything was green and had the upgrade status. When I went to apply changes, it said that some packages might cause problems and it quit out of the installer. Now i have BREAK on amarok-engines and amarok-xine?


Should I remove all packages and reinstall by selecting full upgrade?

[nwas]

Re: package break

removed all the packages for amarok and now it won't let me reinstall...

help please

[Fenyx]

Re: package break

No I didn't misprint it. I meant what I type.

deb [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper universe multiverse 
deb-src [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] dapper universe multiverse

This will enable both universe and multiverse repositories. You can read about the differences of the different repository components (main, restricted, universe, multiverse) here: http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components

You don't need to have amarok-arts, nor amarok-engines. I only have amarok-xine. Try adding the multiverse repositories (again), just put "multiverse" after "universe" separated by a space. Then try upgrading again.