Public bug reported: As I mentioned in the summary, I installed libavcodec-extra-54 package and it uninstalled mpv, parole, mpd, moc, vlc and all its plugins
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'libavcodec-extra-52' for regex 'libavcodec-extra*' Note, selecting 'libavcodec-extra-53' for regex 'libavcodec-extra*' Note, selecting 'libavcodec-extra-54' for regex 'libavcodec-extra*' Note, selecting 'libavcodec-extra' for regex 'libavcodec-extra*' The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libbs2b0 libguess1 libmowgli-2-0 libquvi-scripts libquvi7 libva-glx1 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: cmus-plugin-ffmpeg frei0r-plugins gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad libav-tools libavcodec54 libavdevice53 libavfilter3 libavformat54 libopencv-contrib2.4 libopencv-highgui2.4 libopencv-legacy2.4 libopencv-objdetect2.4 moc-ffmpeg-plugin mpd mplayer mpv parole transmageddon vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse The following NEW packages will be installed: libavcodec-extra libavcodec-extra-54 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 23 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 2,511 kB of archives. After this operation, 47.6 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe libavcodec-extra-54 i386 6:9.11-2ubuntu2 [2,501 kB] 72% [1 libavcodec-extra-54 1,800 kB/2,5072% [1 libavcodec-extra-54 1,810 kB/2,5073% [1 libavcodec-extra-54 1,821 kB/2,5073% [1 libavcodec-extra-54 1,834 kB/2,5073% [1 libavcodec-extra-54 1,845 kB/2,50Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe libavcodec-extra all 6:9.11-2ubuntu2 [9,802 B] Fetched 2,511 kB in 2min 5s (20.0 kB/s) (Reading database ... 239465 files and directories currently installed.) Removing cmus-plugin-ffmpeg (2.5.0-4build1) ... Removing frei0r-plugins (1.1.22git20091109-1.4) ... Removing parole (0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1) ... Removing transmageddon (1.0-1~webupd8~trusty) ... Removing gstreamer1.0-libav:i386 (1.2.4-1~ubuntu1) ... Removing gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:i386 (1.2.4-1~ubuntu1) ... Removing libav-tools (6:9.11-2ubuntu2) ... Removing vlc-plugin-notify (2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1) ... Removing vlc (2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1) ... Removing mpv (0.3.4-1) ... Removing mplayer (2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3) ... Removing libavdevice53:i386 (6:9.11-2ubuntu2) ... Removing libavfilter3:i386 (6:9.11-2ubuntu2) ... Removing libopencv-contrib2.4:i386 (2.4.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu1) ... Removing libopencv-objdetect2.4:i386 (2.4.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu1) ... Removing libopencv-legacy2.4:i386 (2.4.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu1) ... Removing libopencv-highgui2.4:i386 (2.4.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu1) ... Removing moc-ffmpeg-plugin (1:2.5.0~beta1+svn20131120-1) ... Removing mpd (0.18.7-1) ... * Stopping Music Player Daemon mpd [ OK ] Removing vlc-plugin-pulse (2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1) ... Removing vlc-nox (2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1) ... Removing libavformat54:i386 (6:9.14-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... dpkg: libavcodec54:i386: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: libchromaprint0:i386 depends on libavcodec54 (>= 6:9.1-1) | libavcodec-extra-54 (>= 6:9.10); however: Package libavcodec54:i386 is to be removed. Package libavcodec-extra-54 is not installed. libquicktime2:i386 depends on libavcodec54 (>= 6:9.1-1) | libavcodec-extra-54 (>= 6:9.11); however: Package libavcodec54:i386 is to be removed. Package libavcodec-extra-54 is not installed. Removing libavcodec54:i386 (6:9.14-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ... Processing triggers for menu (2.1.46ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6) ... Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.5) ... Processing 1 removed doc-base file... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Selecting previously unselected package libavcodec-extra-54:i386. (Reading database ... 238418 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libavcodec-extra-54_6%3a9.11-2ubuntu2_i386.deb ... Unpacking libavcodec-extra-54:i386 (6:9.11-2ubuntu2) ... Selecting previously unselected package libavcodec-extra. Preparing to unpack .../libavcodec-extra_6%3a9.11-2ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking libavcodec-extra (6:9.11-2ubuntu2) ... Setting up libavcodec-extra-54:i386 (6:9.11-2ubuntu2) ... Setting up libavcodec-extra (6:9.11-2ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6) ... ** Affects: libav-extra (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515575 Title: installing the package removed my video players: mpv vlc vlc-plugins and parole To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav-extra/+bug/1515575/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs