Public bug reported: andy@D420:~$ sudo apt-fast -y install vlc Working... E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. 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 (= 1.2.0~~git20111021+r958-0~r47~precise1) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 1.2.0~~git20111021+r958-0~r47~precise1) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 1.2.0~~git20111021+r958-0~r47~precise1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. -e Done! Verify that all packages were installed successfully. If errors are found, run apt-get clean as root and try again using apt-get directly. andy@D420:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc-nox 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-nox : Depends: libx264-116 but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. andy@D420:~$ sudo apt-get install libx264-118 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libx264-118 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Linux D420 3.2.0-2-generic #5-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 28 18:09:32 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release: 12.04 Codename: precise vlc: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.2.0~~git20111021+r958-0~r47~precise1 Version table: 1.2.0~~git20111021+r958-0~r47~precise1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 1.1.12-3 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages ** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/898814 Title: VLC 1.2 fails deps in Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/898814/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs