How do I resolve this GStreamer codec update fault?
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I recently installed KUbuntu on a Lenovo Ideapad laptop. It's functioning fine aside from a problem that came up with a recent update—after updating all packages, three remained:
GStreamer Multimedia Codecs
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
With the message that:
Package failed to install:
Error while installing package: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcamerabin.so', which is also in package gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
This is very strange. The only things I've added on to the system have been Krita, Blender (as a direct download, nothing fidgety), and OpenToonz through Snap.
Attempting
sudo apt upgrade
from the terminal gives me this output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gstreamer1.0-libav : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.22.3) but 1.22.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.22.3) but 1.22.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
Breaks: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad (= 1.22.3) but 1.22.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
gstreamer1.0-x : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.22.3) but 1.22.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.22.3) but 1.22.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
Breaks: libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (< 1:1.16.0) but 1.22.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
If I go ahead and use apt --fix-broken install
, the problem persists, and no changes are made:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libbdplus0 libdca0 libdirectfb-1.7-7 libfaad2 liblrdf0 libmjpegutils-2.1-0 libmpeg2-4 libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0 libmplex2-2.1-0 libneon27 libopenni2-0 libpocketsphinx3 libsidplay1v5 libsphinxbase3 libssh-gcrypt-4 libvidstab1.1
linux-headers-6.2.0-20 linux-headers-6.2.0-20-generic linux-image-6.2.0-20-generic linux-modules-6.2.0-20-generic linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-20-generic pocketsphinx-en-us
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
Suggested packages:
frei0r-plugins libvisual-0.4-plugins
The following packages will be upgraded:
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
148 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/4,619 kB of archives.
After this operation, 700 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 261983 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1%3a1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 (1:1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1) over (1.22.1-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1%3a1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcamerabin.so', which is also in package gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64 1.22.1-1ubuntu1
Preparing to unpack .../libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0_1%3a1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64 (1:1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1) over (1.22.1-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0_1%3a1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstbasecamerabinsrc-1.0.so.0', which is also in package libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0:amd64 1.22.1-1ubuntu1
dpkg: regarding .../libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0_1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u2_amd64.deb containing libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64:
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64 conflicts with libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (<< 1:1.16.0)
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64 (version 1.22.1-1ubuntu1) is present and installed.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0_1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
conflicting packages - not installing libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1%3a1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0_1%3a1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0_1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I'm very hesitant to an autoremove with a broken package, and have held off on that. The bigger problem is that I can't seem to install anything, or remove anything, with this broken package issue.
I would be all for simply removing and—strictly if necessary—reinstalling whatever uses GStreamer from a stable system, but apparently I can't even do that.
Can someone kindly help me correct this strange dependency issue?
Asked by Michael Macha
(323 rep)
Jul 15, 2023, 09:38 PM
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