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I am new to Ubuntu, and I am trying to install gstreamer on Ubuntu 12.04.3LTS upgraded from Super OS 11.10 (a repackaging of Ubuntu 11.10 with more apps and plugins ex: vlc and wine) but am getting the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:



gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad: Depends: libass4 (>= 0.9.7) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.15-0ubuntu10.4 is to be installed

                           Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) but 1.10.2-6.1ubuntu3 is to be installed

                           Depends: libcdaudio1 (>= 0.99.12p2) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libcelt0-0 (>= 0.7.1) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2-1) but 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.2 is to be installed

                           Depends: libdca0 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libdirac-encoder0 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libdirectfb-1.2-9 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libdvdnav4 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libdvdread4 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libfaad2 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed

                           Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8) but 2.32.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed

                           Depends: libgme0 (>= 0.5.5) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libgsm1 (>= 1.0.13) but 1.0.13-3 is to be installed

                           Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0 (= 0.10.22.3-2ubuntu2.2) but 0.10.22.3-2ubuntu2.2 is to be installed

                           Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.36) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed

                           Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.36) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu1 is to be installed

                           Depends: libkate1 (>= 0.4.1) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libmimic0 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libmms0 (>= 0.4) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libmodplug1 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435) but 2:0.1~r459-1ubuntu1 is to be installed

                           Depends: libofa0 (>= 0.9.3) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libopenal1 (>= 1:1.13) but 1:1.13-4ubuntu3 is to be installed

                           Depends: libopenspc0 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.16) but 1:0.4.16-1ubuntu2 is to be installed

                           Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but 1.2.46-3ubuntu4 is to be installed

                           Depends: librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4) but 2.36.1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed

                           Depends: librtmp0 (>= 2.3) but 2.4~20110711.gitc28f1bab-1 is to be installed

                           Depends: libschroedinger-1.0-0 (>= 1.0.9) but 1.0.11-1 is to be installed

                           Depends: libslv2-9 (>= 0.6.4-1~) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20) but 1.0.25-4 is to be installed

                           Depends: libsoundtouch0 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libspandsp2 (>= 0.0.6~pre18) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0) but 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.10 is to be installed

                           Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed

                           Depends: libvo-aacenc0 (>= 0.1.0~rc1) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libvo-amrwbenc0 but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libvpx1 (>= 1.0.0) but 1.0.0-1 is to be installed

                           Depends: libwildmidi1 (>= 0.2.3) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libzbar0 (>= 0.10) but it is not going to be installed

                           Depends: libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.11) but it is not going to be installed.

Please what can I do, I've tried sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update and change the server option to main server, but to no avail.

It may happen because of upgrading to a newer version, but some software were already installed so caused packages with unmet dependencies.

You can give a try to following methods to fix the packages with unmet dependencies:

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  First uninstall the packages completely which have unmet dependencies such as wine and vlc and gstreamer itself. Open terminal(CTRL+ALT+T) and execute following commands in series:

  
  
  

  sudo apt-get autoclean
  
  sudo apt-get autoremove
  
  sudo apt-get clean
  
  sudo apt-get --purge remove vlc && sudo apt-get autoremove vlc
  
  sudo apt-get --purge remove *gstreamer* && sudo apt-get autoremove *gstreamer*
  
  sudo apt-get --purge remove wine && sudo apt-get autoremove wine
  
  

  
  
  

  It should remove all the packages with unmet dependencies.

  
  
  
  
  
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    Once all the packages will be removed execute following commands to update/upgrade and install your packages:

    
    
    

    sudo apt-get update
    
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    
    sudo apt-get -f install vlc
    
    

    
    
    

    you can replace vlc by wine also if vlc installed successfully or what every gstreamer packages you want to install.

    
    
  
  
  
  

Hope it will work for you without any problem.

Here is the best solution for you

I always use Synaptic Package Manager to fix such issues. Using it you can forcefully install other version of packages.

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  Fist install synaptic package manager if you don't have already installed:

  
  
  

  $ sudo apt-get install synaptic
  
  

  
  



• Then open synaptic package manager -> click Custom Filters down-left -> click Broken top-left, it will list all broken packages(if you have, other wise it will show nothing) try to fix all broken packages. Also if any residual packages are there on more option you will get as residual packages.




• Search for packages you want to downgrade/upgrade, highlight it by simply clicking on it do not mark(tick), chose Package from the menu -> Force Version and chose some other versions from the list. Then click Apply to downgrade/upgrade it. (You may also get that the selected package depends some other package, then search for that package and repeat this step till you fix all)




• now try to install your actually packages, it would install without any problem.




• You can get more help about How to use Synaptic Package Manager

Hope it works for you.