Hi all:
I'm having a problem on an x86_64 install running sid. Specifically,
the package phonon-backend-gstreamer-common will not upgrade from v.
4.9.1-1 to what is currently (since 2019-11-06) in sid, v. 4.10.0-1.
When I do my normal apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, I receive
the message "The following packages have been kept back:
phonon-backend-gstreamer-common"
I have been receiving this message since last November when the package
repo was upgraded. Thinking this was a temporary library mismatch or an
out-of-sync mirror, I waited. However, finally realizing the issue
would not sort itself out, I searched the web for solutions. While
there were suggestions, none of them result in the package being
upgraded. Some of the suggestions I have tried are:
1. Run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2. Run sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade
3. Run sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer-common
4. Run sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer-common=4:4.10.0-1
5. Run sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
6. Run sudo aptitude full-upgrade
7. Attempt to purge phonon-backend-gstreamer-common and reinstall.
1, 2, and 3 above result in the kept-back message.
4 and 7 result in the proposed removal of an uncomfortable list of
packages [1].
5 results in: "No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed."
6 results in a similarly uncomfortable list of solutions. [2]
I suspect the problem lies with some other package, maybe one of those
the "aptitude full-upgrade" command suggested, but I can't grok what.
Any suggestions appreciated.
--Dutch
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[1] $ sudo apt-get purge phonon-backend-gstreamer-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
icoutils kate-data katepart kde-runtime-data kdelibs-bin
kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins kdoctools libattica0.4
libbctoolbox1 libbzrtp0 libdbusmenu-qt2 libdlrestrictions1
libexiv2-14 libgadu3 libgpgme++2v5 libilmbase23
libkabc4 libkactivities6 libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcmutils4
libkde3support4 libkdeclarative5 libkdecore5
libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4
libkhtml5 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4
libkldap4 libkmediaplayer4 libkmime4 libknewstuff2-4 libknewstuff3-4
libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkopete4
libkparts4 libkpimidentities4 libkpimtextedit4 libkpimutils4 libkpty4
libkresources4 libkrosscore4
libktexteditor4 libmeanwhile1 libmediastreamer-base10
libmediastreamer-voip10 libntrack-qt4-1 libntrack0
libopenexr23 libortp13 libotr5 libphonon4 libplasma3 libpolkit-qt-1-1
libqca2 libqca2-plugins libqimageblitz4
libqjson0 libqt4-declarative libqt4-designer libqt4-network
libqt4-opengl libqt4-qt3support libqt4-script
libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-xmlpatterns
libqtwebkit4 libsolid4 libthreadweaver4
libturbojpeg0 ntrack-module-libnl-0 oxygen-icon-theme
plasma-scriptengine-javascript
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
kaccessible* kde-runtime* kopete* phonon* phonon-backend-gstreamer*
phonon-backend-gstreamer-common*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 31.1 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
[2] $ sudo aptitude full-upgrade
The following packages will be REMOVED:
phonon-backend-gstreamer-common{u} xserver-common{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
xserver-xorg-core{b} xserver-xorg-legacy{b}
2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,830 kB of archives. After unpacking 2,402 kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xserver-xorg-core : Depends: xserver-common (>= 2:1.20.8-1) but it is
not going to be installed
xserver-xorg-legacy : Depends: xserver-common (>= 2:1.20.8-1) but it
is not going to be installed
phonon-backend-gstreamer : Depends: phonon-backend-gstreamer-common (=
4:4.9.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) kaccessible [4:17.08.3-1 (now)]
2) kde-runtime [4:17.08.3-2.1 (now)]
3) kopete [4:17.08.3-2.1 (now)]
4) phonon [4:4.10.3-2 (now)]
5) phonon-backend-gstreamer [4:4.9.1-1 (now)]
Keep the following packages at their current version:
6) xserver-common [2:1.20.7-4 (now)]
7) xserver-xorg-core [2:1.20.7-4 (now)]
8) xserver-xorg-legacy [2:1.20.7-4 (now)]
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
9) kdeaccessibility recommends kaccessible (>= 4:17.08.3)
10) kdelibs5-plugins recommends kde-runtime
11) libkopete4 recommends kopete (= 4:17.08.3-2.1)
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.
