My post says pretty clearly what package is the problem. But it also says that the problem arises from a choice made by Ubuntu in which version to include.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019, 6:30 PM Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot < 1816...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a > specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu > in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source > packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs > about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your > bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. > You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode. > > To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1816196/+editstatus and add the > package name in the text box next to the word Package. > > [This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you > inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.] > > ** Tags added: bot-comment > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816196 > > Title: > okular version in repository is too old, and fails with embedded > movies > > Status in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > The okular version in the repositories is version 1.3.3, > but the current version is 1.7. The version in the repos is > more than a year old, and had known bugs at the time that > it was adopted there (apparently to the frustration of the > maintainers of okular). And this version, does not have > even the capabilities of the older version that was in the > repos for Ubuntu 16.04, at least as regards movies. It is > a bit frustrating to have a functionality that worked > beautifully for years, that then goes away, and there is no > apparent concern on anybody's part. > > If you want one that is current and works with embedded movies, > you could try the snap package. This version is a bit more > recent (1.6.6), but somehow is even worse, since it just crashes > if you try to run an embedded movie. You might want to compile it. > That was fun. It required installing a bunch of stuff, being > careful not to ruin my existing library. Waited several hours > to compile, and then find out it didn't work for some reason. > I gave up after wasting more than a whole day. > > Could I somehow just go back to an old version that works? > > Here are some details: > > Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS > Release: 18.04 > okular: > Installed: 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1 > Candidate: 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1 > Version table: > *** 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1 500 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 > Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1816196/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816196 Title: okular version in repository is too old, and fails with embedded movies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1816196/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
