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>On 2016-11-27 at 18:57, Charles Schroeder wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> In 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3
>> (2015-08-04) x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> I get this message when I attempt to use Chromium:
>>
>> $ chromium
>> /usr/lib/chromium/chromium: relocation
>> error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.57: symbol
>> avpriv_dict_set_timestamp, version LIBAVUTIL_55 not defined in file
>> libavutil.so.55 with link time reference
>>
>> Much the same when I attempt to use goldendict:
>>
>> $ goldendict
>> goldendict: relocation
>> error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.57: symbol
>> avpriv_dict_set_timestamp, version LIBAVUTIL_55 not defined in file
>> libavutil.so.55 with link time reference
>>
>> I have no idea what is happening here or how I work round it?
>>
>> I can't find those files in my: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
>> directory?
>
>They should be there, not as files, but as symlinks.
>
>> Trying to install both those packages tells me they are "already
>> the newest version" so nothing to install?
>>
>> Update, upgrade and reboot doesn't fix it.
>
>What versions are those packages at, according to e.g. 'apt-cache
> policy [packagename]'?
>
>What about the libavutil55 and libavformat57 packages?
>
>I have:
>
>$ apt-cache policy chromium
>chromium:
> Installed: 53.0.2785.143-1
> Candidate: 53.0.2785.143-1
> Version table:
> *** 53.0.2785.143-1 500
> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 53.0.2785.143-1~deb8u1 500
> 500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main amd64
> Packages 53.0.2785.89-1~deb8u1 500
> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages
I have:
$ apt-cache policy chromium
chromium:
Installed: 53.0.2785.143-1
Candidate: 53.0.2785.143-1
Version table:
*** 53.0.2785.143-1 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>$ apt-cache policy libavutil55
>libavutil55:
> Installed: 7:3.2-2
> Candidate: 7:3.2-2
> Version table:
> *** 7:3.2-2 500
> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I have - different from your own:
$ apt-cache policy libavutil55
libavutil55:
Installed: 10:3.1.2-dmo2
Candidate: 10:3.1.2-dmo2
Version table:
*** 10:3.1.2-dmo2 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
7:3.2-2 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
>
>$ apt-cache policy libavformat57
>libavformat57:
> Installed: 7:3.2-2
> Candidate: 7:3.2-2
> Version table:
> *** 7:3.2-2 500
> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I have:
$ apt-cache policy libavformat57
libavformat57:
Installed: 7:3.2-2
Candidate: 7:3.2-2
Version table:
*** 7:3.2-2 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>and I don't have goldendict installed.
~$ apt-cache policy goldendict
goldendict:
Installed: 1.5.0~git20160508.g92b5485-1.1
Candidate: 1.5.0~git20160508.g92b5485-1.1
Version table:
*** 1.5.0~git20160508.g92b5485-1.1 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>When I launch chromium from a terminal, I don't get the error you
>report. (I do get a different message, but it looks like "normal"
>Chromium console spam; I'm not sure I've ever had a nontrivial Chromium
>session with no console messages.)
>
>--
> The Wanderer
>
>The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
>persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
>progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard
> Shaw
>
Thank you for your reply.
Charlie
http://www.egwildlife.com.au/
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