Oh wow good move! <div> </div><div>I meant that when I ran "apt-get install libsdl1.2debian-all" it only prompted to remove one package, the existing -oss, and not all those packages that you get notified about. </div> <div>Happy its fixed now though.</div> <div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:33 PM, David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) <<a href="mailto:ethnopunk@telkomsa.net">ethnopunk@telkomsa.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="im"> David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote: </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Wesley Werner wrote: > >> Hi again. >> >> While fixing a dosbox sound issue while playing Doom, I discovered the >> trick! In my case I was using libsdl1.2debian-alsa and had to switch >> over to OSS. The package deps are linked, that installing one (-all, >> -alsa, -oss) will remove the currently installed one for you. >> >> apt-get install libsdl1.2debian-all >> >> That will install -all and prompt to remove your current OSS package, >> without removing all linked apps. >> >> Funny thing is, after I switched to OSS, Kdenlive's audio works too! >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Wesley Werner <<a href="mailto:wesley.werner@gmail.com">wesley.werner@gmail.com</a> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wesley.werner@gmail.com">wesley.werner@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Have a look at this thread >> > >> <<a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/apt-get-remove-and-dependencies-183772/" target="_blank">http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/apt-get-remove-and-dependencies-183772/</a>>, >> > seems like you can force a remove and ignore dependencies, >> Ill see >> > what other info is around... >> > >> > Regards, Wez >> >> Hi Wez, >> >> Thanks for the information. Thought I was the only one. Glad >> to know it >> not just me. Will take a look at the thread. yay. >> >> David. >> >> >> Digging deeper, I found the thread suggests commands that were >> obsoleted, and not so sure they exist anymore :/ >> >> I did find that dpkg has some force options, basically it turns >> dependency checks into warnings, so in theory they should not be >> processed. man dpkg and search 'force-things'. >> >> dpkg --force-help also gives the manpage summary of the force >> options, it seems like a pretty vast section of package manager, i >> havent tried any of them just yet. >> >> dpkg also has a --simulate option which could be useful here ;) >> >> >> >> > > > Not sure if I'm following you. Doing this merely reproduces the problem: > > apt-get install libsdl1.2debian-all > > <snip> > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > acidrip adanaxisgpl airstrike akregator alien-arena alien-arena-browser > > </div></div><snip> Okay, finally plucked up enough courage to do this rather complicated manouvre. sudo dpkg -P --force-depends libsdl1.2debian Result is success: [CODE]sudo dpkg -P --force-depends libsdl1.2debian dpkg: libsdl1.2debian: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: dosbox depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). sauerbraten depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). transcode depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. bloboats depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). lmms depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). hedgewars depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). tremulous depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). lincity-ng depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. libsdl-pango1 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). uqm depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl-perl depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. mplayer depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. vlc depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. xbmc-bin depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libmjpegtools-1.9 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). sdl-ball depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). virtualbox-3.1 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). python-pygame depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). avidemux depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl-console depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). python-pykaraoke depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libxine1-x depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). linphone depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. frozen-bubble depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. adanaxisgpl depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). openarena depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libmediastreamer0 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. libsdl-ttf2.0-0 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). maelstrom depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libtheora-bin depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). blobwars depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). pearpc depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libopal3.6.4 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). vegastrike depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsmpeg0 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl-mixer1.2 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). alienblaster depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). desmume depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl-gfx1.2-4 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). mazeofgalious depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). blender depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. extremetuxracer depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libmlt1 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. glest depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). fceu depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). blobandconquer depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). airstrike depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). xmame-sdl depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). blocks-of-the-undead depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). eternallands depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). xmoto depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). zsnes depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). gstreamer0.10-sdl depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libpt2.6.4 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). freedroid depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). widelands depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). dosemu depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). ffmpeg depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. qemu-kvm depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl-image1.2 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>> 1.2.4). alien-arena depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). amphetamine depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl-net1.2 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). mplayer-nogui depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. lives depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). rott depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). hatari depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). basilisk2 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however: Package libsdl1.2debian is to be removed. avidemux-plugins-common depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). atari800 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl-sound1.2 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). dreamchess depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). mjpegtools depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). scorched3d depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libgegl-0.0-0 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). prboom depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). libsdl1.2-dev depends on libsdl1.2debian (= 1.2.13-5ubuntu1~~karmic~ubuntuaudiodev1). powermanga depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). nexuiz depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). grafx2 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1). (Reading database ... 352103 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libsdl1.2debian ... [/CODE] followed by: [CODE] install libsdl1.2debian-all Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done The following packages are BROKEN: adanaxisgpl airstrike alien-arena alienblaster amphetamine atari800 avidemux avidemux-plugins-common basilisk2 blender blobandconquer bloboats blobwars blocks-of-the-undead desmume dosbox dosemu dreamchess eternallands extremetuxracer fceu ffmpeg freedroid frozen-bubble glest grafx2 gstreamer0.10-sdl hatari hedgewars libgegl-0.0-0 libmediastreamer0 libmjpegtools-1.9 libmlt1 libopal3.6.4 libpt2.6.4 libsdl-console <div class="im"> libsdl-gfx1.2-4 libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-net1.2 </div> libsdl-pango1 libsdl-perl libsdl-sound1.2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio libsmpeg0 libtheora-bin libxine1-x lincity-ng linphone lives lmms maelstrom mazeofgalious mjpegtools mplayer mplayer-nogui nexuiz openarena pearpc powermanga prboom python-pygame python-pykaraoke qemu-kvm rott sauerbraten scorched3d sdl-ball transcode tremulous uqm vegastrike virtualbox-3.1 vlc widelands xbmc-bin xmame-sdl <div class="im"> xmoto zsnes The following NEW packages will be installed: libsdl1.2debian-all </div>0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 50 not upgraded. Need to get 229kB of archives. After unpacking 561kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: widelands: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable mazeofgalious: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable amphetamine: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable lmms: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libtheora-bin: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable blobandconquer: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio: Conflicts: libsdl1.2-all which is a virtual package. Conflicts: libsdl1.2debian-all but 1.2.13-4ubuntu4 is to be installed. libxine1-x: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libgegl-0.0-0: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl1.2-dev: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (= 1.2.13-5ubuntu1~~karmic~ubuntuaudiodev1) but it is not installable libsdl-console: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable tremulous: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable blocks-of-the-undead: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable lives: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-gfx1.2-4: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable vegastrike: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable blobwars: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable avidemux: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable python-pygame: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable eternallands: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable avidemux-plugins-common: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable mplayer: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable alienblaster: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable alien-arena: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable freedroid: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable maelstrom: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable virtualbox-3.1: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable hatari: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-net1.2: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable basilisk2: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable extremetuxracer: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable python-pykaraoke: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libopal3.6.4: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable rott: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable scorched3d: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable prboom: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-sound1.2: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable powermanga: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable hedgewars: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable linphone: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable openarena: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable qemu-kvm: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable airstrike: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-ttf2.0-0: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable dosbox: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable adanaxisgpl: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable desmume: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable xbmc-bin: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable pearpc: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable fceu: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable dosemu: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable ffmpeg: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-pango1: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable transcode: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable sdl-ball: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable sauerbraten: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable glest: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable vlc: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable uqm: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable bloboats: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-perl: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-mixer1.2: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libpt2.6.4: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable blender: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable dreamchess: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libmediastreamer0: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable mjpegtools: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libmjpegtools-1.9: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable zsnes: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable frozen-bubble: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable grafx2: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable gstreamer0.10-sdl: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable xmame-sdl: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable mplayer-nogui: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable lincity-ng: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable xmoto: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable atari800: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libmlt1: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable nexuiz: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable libsdl-image1.2: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (> 1.2.4) but it is not installable libsmpeg0: Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not installable The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio Install the following packages: libsdl1.2debian [1.2.13-4ubuntu4 (karmic)] Downgrade the following packages: libsdl1.2-dev [1.2.13-5ubuntu1~~karmic~ubuntuaudiodev1 (now) -> 1.2.13-4ubuntu4 (karmic)] Score is 142 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: libsdl1.2-dev <div class="im">The following NEW packages will be installed: </div> libsdl1.2debian{a} libsdl1.2debian-all <div class="im">The following packages will be REMOVED: </div> libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio{a} 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 1 to remove and 50 not upgraded. Need to get 1,102kB of archives. After unpacking 152kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed! Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security. You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that this is what you want to do. libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2debian-all Do you want to ignore this warning and proceed anyway? To continue, enter "Yes"; to abort, enter "No": yes Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 <a href="http://ubuntu.saix.net" target="_blank">http://ubuntu.saix.net</a> karmic/main libsdl1.2debian-all 1.2.13-4ubuntu4 [229kB] Get:2 <a href="http://ubuntu.saix.net" target="_blank">http://ubuntu.saix.net</a> karmic/main libsdl1.2-dev 1.2.13-4ubuntu4 [852kB] Get:3 <a href="http://ubuntu.saix.net" target="_blank">http://ubuntu.saix.net</a> karmic/main libsdl1.2debian 1.2.13-4ubuntu4 [21.8kB] Fetched 1,102kB in 2min 18s (7,952B/s) dpkg: libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: python-mlt depends on libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio | libsdl1.2debian-all; however: Package libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio is to be removed. Package libsdl1.2debian-all is not installed. (Reading database ... 352096 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Selecting previously deselected package libsdl1.2debian-all. (Reading database ... 352089 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libsdl1.2debian-all (from .../libsdl1.2debian-all_1.2.13-4ubuntu4_i386.deb) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libsdl1.2-dev from 1.2.13-5ubuntu1~~karmic~ubuntuaudiodev1 to 1.2.13-4ubuntu4. Preparing to replace libsdl1.2-dev 1.2.13-5ubuntu1~~karmic~ubuntuaudiodev1 (using .../libsdl1.2-dev_1.2.13-4ubuntu4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libsdl1.2-dev ... Selecting previously deselected package libsdl1.2debian. Unpacking libsdl1.2debian (from .../libsdl1.2debian_1.2.13-4ubuntu4_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libsdl1.2debian-all (1.2.13-4ubuntu4) ... Setting up libsdl1.2debian (1.2.13-4ubuntu4) ... Setting up libsdl1.2-dev (1.2.13-4ubuntu4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Current status: 0 broken [-80]. [/CODE] KDEnlive sound is now working, yay. <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- ubuntu-za mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>