[choppIX]

Hi there,

first of all, my gratulations for this piece of great software!!

BUT:
i've got a serious problem whith updating xbmc from 12.2 to 12.3:
today, i've tried to install xbmc 12.3 @ ubuntu 3.5.0-43-generic (x86_64).
after deinstalling xbmc 12.2, refreshing apt sources and reinstalling xbmc, i've got these errors from apt:

apt-get install xbmc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xbmc : Depends: xbmc-bin (>= 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xbmc-bin (< 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: swig but it is not installable
Recommends: libvdpau1 but it is not installable
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-mythtv-cmyth but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-vuplus but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-vdr-vnsi but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-njoy but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-nextpvr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-tvheadend-hts but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-dvbviewer but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-argustv but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

After manual installation of these 'recommends'above, there are just these errors:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xbmc : Depends: xbmc-bin (>= 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xbmc-bin (< 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: swig but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

just three little questions:
what the hell is SWIG ?? (i'am not a programmer, just an user of xbmc)
why are these dependencies between >= 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise and < 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise.1~?
how can i get Frodo 12.2 from the repos?

Hope, there is somebody to help me!

Greets Chopper

[wsnipex]

you have a broken package list.
try:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove xbmc xbmc-bin
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin

if it still doesn't work, provide the output of
apt-cache policy xbmc xbmc-bin

[choppIX]

Big THX for quick answer:
Sorry, but my root had LANG=de_DE (switched to en_US)

output:
root@ch1:~# LANG=en_US
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get remove xbmc xbmc-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package xbmc is not installed, so not removed
Package xbmc-bin is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xbmc : Depends: swig but it is not installable
Recommends: libvdpau1 but it is not installable
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-mythtv-cmyth but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-vuplus but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-vdr-vnsi but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-njoy but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-nextpvr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-dvbviewer but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-argustv but it is not going to be installed
xbmc-bin : Depends: liblzo2-2 but it is not installable
Depends: libpcrecpp0 (>= 7.7) but it is not installable
Depends: libva-glx1 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get remove xbmc xbmc-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package xbmc is not installed, so not removed
Package xbmc-bin is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ch1:~# sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xbmc : Depends: swig but it is not installable
Recommends: libvdpau1 but it is not installable
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-mythtv-cmyth but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-vuplus but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-vdr-vnsi but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-njoy but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-nextpvr but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-dvbviewer but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xbmc-pvr-argustv but it is not going to be installed
xbmc-bin : Depends: liblzo2-2 but it is not installable
Depends: libpcrecpp0 (>= 7.7) but it is not installable
Depends: libva-glx1 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

output: apt-cache policy xbmc xbmc-bin

root@ch1:~# apt-cache policy xbmc xbmc-bin
xbmc:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise
Version table:
2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
2:11.0~git20120423.cd20772-1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
xbmc-bin:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise
Version table:
2:12.3~git20131213.0944-frodo-0precise 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
2:11.0~git20120423.cd20772-1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

May i put these outputs in file?
THX!

[wsnipex]

the swig dependency is indeed a packaging bug, as its only really a build-dep.
Nonethless, this is not a problem. You should check why swig and libvdpau1 are not installable. Did you put them on hold or something?

what happens if you install them directly?

[choppIX]

Hi wsnipex!

what do you mean with 'install them directly?'

i can't install 'swig' and 'xbmc'. It's not a regular "ubuntu package"!
But why should i install this for upgrading xbmc?
After deinstalling xbmc with all its features and dependencies, i've got these errors and messages seen above.
I think, this is a mistake in the ppa.

last try for installation fot vdpau: (sorry its german)
root@ch1:~# apt-get install vdpau1
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
E: Paket vdpau1 kann nicht gefunden werden
root@ch1:~# apt-get install libvdpau1
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
Paket libvdpau1 ist nicht verfügbar, wird aber von einem anderen Paket
referenziert. Das kann heißen, dass das Paket fehlt, dass es abgelöst
wurde oder nur aus einer anderen Quelle verfügbar ist.

E: Paket »libvdpau1« hat keinen Installationskandidaten

[wsnipex]

are you kidding me?
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/swig
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libvdpau1

I repeat, something with your install is broken.

[choppIX]

Sorry for late response!
You're right, lots of packages were broken.
Now, i've made a new installation with ubuntu server 12.04.3 and, funny thing, xbmc and all this other stuff works better than before. :-)

THX for support!

choppIX

[crymsonfyre]

can u provide me with this version you built? i cant get frodo to work with precise for the life of me.

[wsnipex]

he didn't build anything, he just installed from our ppa. Why would you want frodo? Gotham has been out for months.

[un1versal]

can u provide me with this version you built? i cant get frodo to work with precise for the life of me.

For more information see on where correct packages can be found see Team XBMC PPA (wiki) and as far as any "issues" a Debug log (wiki) is always great and requirement along with some meaningful description of the issue.