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    Why am I being asked to update addons for packages I do not have installed?

    Synaptic is telling me I need to update chromium-codecs-ffmpeg when I do not have chromium browser installed? I clicked on the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg -> picked properties and -> installed filed and noticed that
    Code:
    /.
    /usr
    /usr/lib
    /usr/lib/chromium-browser
    /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpegsumo.so
    /usr/share
    /usr/share/doc
    /usr/share/doc/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
    /usr/share/doc/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/changelog.Debian.gz
    /usr/share/doc/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/copyright
    /usr/share/lintian/overrides/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
    Is listed, how is this possible? Can I remove this package?

    #2
    Do you have chrome installed? Chrome uses that package, possibly other things do. It is a codec pack.

    You can uninstall the package, but just make note of what will also be removed, things that depend on this.

    Sent from my Verizon HTC Droid DNA Android smartphone running LiquidSmooth Rom, with Kit Kat 4.4.4, via Tapatalk, as if phone stats really matter

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      #3
      Most likely, you got this package when you installed the extra third party software for multimedia:



      Selecting that installs kubuntu-restricted-extras, which in turn installs kubuntu-restricted-addons, which in turn installs the package you're asking about.

      Observe:
      Code:
      steve@t520:~$ [B]apt-cache depends kubuntu-restricted-extras[/B]
      kubuntu-restricted-extras
        Depends: kubuntu-restricted-addons
        Recommends: ttf-mscorefonts-installer
        Recommends: unrar
        Recommends: lame
        Recommends: <libavcodec-extra-53>
      
      steve@t520:~$ [B]apt-cache depends kubuntu-restricted-addons[/B]
      kubuntu-restricted-addons
        Recommends: flashplugin-installer
        Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
        Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
        Recommends: gstreamer1.0-libav
        Recommends: libk3b6-extracodecs
        Recommends: libdvdread4
        Recommends: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
        Recommends: oxideqt-codecs-extra

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        #4
        Originally posted by SteveRiley View Post
        Most likely, you got this package when you installed the extra third party software for multimedia:



        Selecting that installs kubuntu-restricted-extras, which in turn installs kubuntu-restricted-addons, which in turn installs the package you're asking about.

        Observe:
        Code:
        steve@t520:~$ [B]apt-cache depends kubuntu-restricted-extras[/B]
        kubuntu-restricted-extras
          Depends: kubuntu-restricted-addons
          Recommends: ttf-mscorefonts-installer
          Recommends: unrar
          Recommends: lame
          Recommends: <libavcodec-extra-53>
        
        steve@t520:~$ [B]apt-cache depends kubuntu-restricted-addons[/B]
        kubuntu-restricted-addons
          Recommends: flashplugin-installer
          Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
          Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
          Recommends: gstreamer1.0-libav
          Recommends: libk3b6-extracodecs
          Recommends: libdvdread4
          Recommends: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
          Recommends: oxideqt-codecs-extra
        Right on the money as usual, hats off to you and thank you both for answering my question. Yes the package was removed. I am thinking about installing Aurora from the PPA, any thoughts guys? Would it be installed next to FF and share the same directory or seperate install. As I recall, on Windows, it totally replaced FF but kept the directory and addons. Also I have the PPA added for FF-Trunk, the newest version and I read something about it being the last version, not sure where, any truth to this? Also should FF use all cores, because it seems to be using one core on my amd8350.

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          #5
          Originally posted by bonkers View Post
          I am thinking about installing Aurora from the PPA, any thoughts guys? Would it be installed next to FF and share the same directory or seperate install.
          Not sure. Try it and let us know. Make a copy of your ~/.mozilla folder first, just to be safe.

          Originally posted by bonkers View Post
          Also should FF use all cores, because it seems to be using one core on my amd8350.
          Probably better to ask this on a Firefox forum or consult Google.

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            #6
            Originally posted by bonkers View Post
            I am thinking about installing Aurora from the PPA, any thoughts guys? Would it be installed next to FF and share the same directory or seperate install.
            If Aurora is the nightly build or alpha/beta version of Firefox then it should install alongside the "normal" version of Firefox.

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