Could not apply changes! Fix broken packages first. Dialog

[orb9220]

Getting this error when I tried to install

How am I suppose to know what packages?

Nothing in the term that I can tell.

System sanity check: PASSED!
['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=./conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list']
In update ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=./conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--update-at-startup']
In Install ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=./conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--set-selections']

That is the last part of the term window.

I have a partial install that had a couple of grayed out options when I tried to run again.

Any help is appreciated.

[eXisor]

Try doing updates from the terminal.

{code]sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrad[/code]

Note: Retry the first step untill it it tells you 0 downloaded, and retry the second until it says 0 downloaded, 0 to install. D not reboot until you get these results.

[newagelink]

I got the same thing, the dialogue I copied from http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/get.html.
daniel@daniel-laptop:~$ wget http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/files/easyubuntu- 3.022.tar.gz
--17:29:04-- http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/files/easyubuntu-3.022.tar.gz
=> `easyubuntu-3.022.tar.gz'
Resolving easyubuntu.freecontrib.org... 213.246.58.132
Connecting to easyubuntu.freecontrib.org|213.246.58.132|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 92,665 (90K) [application/x-tar]

100%[====================================>] 92,665 15.19K/s ETA 00:00

17:29:10 (14.93 KB/s) - `easyubuntu-3.022.tar.gz' saved [92665/92665]

daniel@daniel-laptop:~$ tar -zxf easyubuntu-3.022.tar.gz
daniel@daniel-laptop:~$ cd easyubuntu
daniel@daniel-laptop:~/easyubuntu$ sudo python easyubuntu.in
System sanity check: PASSED!
['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o=dir::etc=. /conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list']
In update ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o= dir::etc=./conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--update-at-startup']
In Install ['/usr/sbin/synaptic', '--hide-main-window', '--non-interactive', '-o =dir::etc=./conf', '-o=dir::etc::sourcelist=sources.list', '--set-selections']And then this "easyubuntu.in" window which says:
/bin/sh: update-flashplugin: command not found
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 2 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype": caching, 0 fonts, 22 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic": caching, 2 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/baekmuk": caching, 4 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont": caching, 12 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi": caching, 4 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai": caching, 23 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-arabeyes": caching, 39 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bengali-fonts": caching, 7 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera": caching, 10 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu": caching, 21 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-devanagari-fonts": caching, 5 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gentium": caching, 4 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-gujarati-fonts": caching, 5 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-kannada-fonts": caching, 8 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lao": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-malayalam-fonts": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-mgopen": caching, 16 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-oriya-fonts": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-punjabi-fonts": caching, 2 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-tamil-fonts": caching, 9 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts": caching, 2 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-kdeedu": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts": caching, 35 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 5 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1": caching, 9 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/encodings/large": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc": caching, 55 fonts, 1 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/misc": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/local/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/home/daniel/.fonts": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: succeeded

[izle]

hi,

I made an installation of dapper this morning and I got exactly the same problem ten minutes ago with easyubuntu lastest stable release, so trying to install via synaptic all the packages that easyUbuntu was going to install, I found that totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin requires totem-gstreamer 1.4.1 but the current version (at least on my system) is 1.4.3.

[foolswisdom]

This relates to forum post:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-240439.html

This relates to bugs:
https://launchpad.net/products/easyubuntu/+bug/47789
https://launchpad.net/products/easyubuntu/+bug/55353

This issue still exists, but it does not appear to be an easyubuntu issue. The issue is the totem-gstreamer 1.4.3-0ubuntu1 that is installed on many people's computers, but appears to be greater than the Dapper version:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/gnome/totem-gstreamer

I encountered the same issue today with an updated Dapper system.

$sudo apt-get install totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin: Depends: totem-gstreamer (= 1.4.1-0ubuntu4) but 1.4.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

lloyd@lloyd-laptop:/bak/ubuntu/easyubuntu$ dpkg -l | grep -i totem-gstreamer ii totem-gstreamer 1.4.3-0ubuntu1 A simple media player for the Gnome desktop

WORK AROUND

$sudo apt-get remove totem-gstreamer

(note packages that are removed)

$sudo apt-get install totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin ubuntu-desktop

(ensure that all packages that were removed are now installed again)

[uberpodder]

Thank you foolswisdom. That workaround worked perfectly for me. :D

[brodiepearce]

I get the 'unmet dependencies' message when I try to install the firefox plugin and ubuntu-desktop.

Has anyone managed to solve this yet?

[ema92]

I didn't get this error but I think that it's a problem with APT.
You can try sudo apt-get -f install