[red912]

I was using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and recently upgraded to 14.04.01 LTS
I have a problem with an unmet dependency.

Code:

me@upstairspc:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kodi-bin:
kodi-bin depends on libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.0); however:
  Package libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package kodi-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kodi:
kodi depends on kodi-bin (>= 2:14.0~git20141223.1015-final-0trusty); however:
  Package kodi-bin is not configured yet.
kodi depends on kodi-bin (<< 2:14.0~git20141223.1015-final-0trusty.1~); however:
  Package kodi-bin is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package kodi (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xbmc:
xbmc depends on kodi; however:
  Package kodi is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package xbmc (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
kodi-bin
kodi
xbmc

Here is the output from another attempt to fix

Code:

me@upstairspc:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libsdl2-2.0-0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libsdl2-2.0-0
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/321 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,172 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 285107 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libsdl2-2.0-0_2.0.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 (2.0.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libsdl2-2.0-0_2.0.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libSDL2-2.0.so.0', which is also in package libsdl2:i386 2.0.3+z4~20140315-8621-1ppa1precise1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libsdl2-2.0-0_2.0.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have googled and tried remediation suggested on posts similar to mine ... to no avail.
my skills are weak ... but I am a learner!

[red912]

so I deleted everything that had to with libsdl2 from /var/lib/dpkg/info ... and then ran
sudo apt-get -f install again ... and the problem seems to have gone away.

[wrxtasy]

This is the fix for anyone encountering this issue:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libxss1
wget https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/libsdl2_2.0.3%2Bz4~20140315-8621-1ppa1precise1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libsdl2* && sudo rm libsdl2_2.0.3+z4~20140315-8621-1ppa1precise1_i386.deb