If you don't want to wait, you can also just copy the development files manually. I did this and it seems to work fine, but don't blame me if something goes wrong :).
1) install the -dev packages (and uninstall the -extra packages) for libavformat, libavcodec, libavdevice, libavutil, libavfilter and libswscale 2) run this: mkdir -p ~/Documents/libav-dev cd ~/Documents/libav-dev mkdir -p libavformat cp -a /usr/include/libavformat/* libavformat mkdir -p libavcodec cp -a /usr/include/libavcodec/* libavcodec mkdir -p libavdevice cp -a /usr/include/libavdevice/* libavdevice mkdir -p libavutil cp -a /usr/include/libavutil/* libavutil mkdir -p libavfilter cp -a /usr/include/libavfilter/* libavfilter mkdir -p libswscale cp -a /usr/include/libswscale/* libswscale 3) install the -extra packages (and uninstall the -dev packages) for libavformat, libavcodec, libavdevice, libavutil, libavfilter and libswscale 4) run this: cd ~/Documents/libav-dev sudo -p mkdir /usr/include/libavformat sudo cp -a libavformat/* /usr/include/libavformat sudo ln -s libavformat.so.53.21.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so sudo -p mkdir /usr/include/libavcodec sudo cp -a libavcodec/* /usr/include/libavcodec sudo ln -s libavcodec.so.53.35.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavcodec.so sudo -p mkdir /usr/include/libavdevice sudo cp -a libavdevice/* /usr/include/libavdevice sudo ln -s libavdevice.so.53.2.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavdevice.so sudo -p mkdir /usr/include/libavutil sudo cp -a libavutil/* /usr/include/libavutil sudo ln -s libavutil.so.51.22.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavutil.so sudo -p mkdir /usr/include/libavfilter sudo cp -a libavfilter/* /usr/include/libavfilter sudo ln -s libavfilter.so.2.15.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavfilter.so sudo -p mkdir /usr/include/libswscale sudo cp -a libswscale/* /usr/include/libswscale sudo ln -s libswscale.so.2.1.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libswscale.so I hope this helps :). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038781 Title: -dev packages are missing alternate depends on -extra packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1038781/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs