Errors during installation of ubuntu-restricted-extras

Question

During an installation of ubuntu-restricted-extras which was initiated by running this command:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

I got these errors:

Selecting previously unselected package libvo-amrwbenc0:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libvo-amrwbenc0_0.1.3-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libvo-amrwbenc0:amd64 (0.1.3-1) ...
dpkg: libavcodec56:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libchromaprint0:amd64 depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is to be removed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56 is not installed.
 vlc depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11.2); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is to be removed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56 is not installed.
 vlc-nox depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11.2); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is to be removed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56 is not installed.
 libavformat56:amd64 depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11.2); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is to be removed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56 is not installed.

Which slightly worried me as it seems to have uninstalled some important dependencies. Should I be worried about this? And do I need to do anything about it? I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04.

Information Update:

When running sudo apt-get install -f the output showed no issues, and there was no output when running sudo dpkg --configure -a.

And the output of apt-cache policy libchromaprint0 libavcodec56 libavcodec-extra-56 vlc is:

libchromaprint0:
  Installed: 1.2-1
  Candidate: 1.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libavcodec56:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 6:11.2-1
  Version table:
     6:11.2-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libavcodec-extra-56:
  Installed: 6:11.2-1
  Candidate: 6:11.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 6:11.2-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
vlc:
  Installed: 2.2.0-1
  Candidate: 2.2.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.2.0-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I attempted to install libavcodec56 again but this is what I got:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
  libavcodec-extra libavcodec-extra-56
The following NEW packages will be installed
  libavcodec56
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 2 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 0 B/3,046 kB of archives.
After this operation, 88.1 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 232524 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libavcodec-extra (6:11.2-1) ...
dpkg: libavcodec-extra-56:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libchromaprint0:amd64 depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is not installed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56:amd64 is to be removed.
 vlc depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11.2); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is not installed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56:amd64 is to be removed.
 vlc-nox depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11.2); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is not installed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56:amd64 is to be removed.
 libavformat56:amd64 depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11.2); however:
  Package libavcodec56:amd64 is not installed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-56:amd64 is to be removed.
 libopencv-highgui2.4:amd64 depends on libavcodec56 (>= 6:11~beta1) | libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11~beta1); however:
  Package libavcodec56:am
Removing libavcodec-extra-56:amd64 (6:11.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...

And now the output for apt-cache policy libchromaprint0 libavcodec56 libavcodec-extra-56 vlc is:

libchromaprint0:
  Installed: 1.2-1
  Candidate: 1.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libavcodec56:
  Installed: 6:11.2-1
  Candidate: 6:11.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 6:11.2-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libavcodec-extra-56:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 6:11.2-1
  Version table:
     6:11.2-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
vlc:
  Installed: 2.2.0-1
  Candidate: 2.2.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.2.0-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Could you check that your packages are updated sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade . Also check to see if there are some exiting dependency problems sudo apt-get install -f and then sudo dpkg --configure -a. — H. Freeze, Sep 25 '15 at 19:10
First let's try sudo apt-get install -f. Add the output into your question. If that not work, give me the output of apt-cache policy libchromaprint0 libavcodec56 libavcodec-extra-56 vlc — A.B., Sep 25 '15 at 19:18
Run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -f && sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-restricted-extras — Panther, Sep 25 '15 at 19:22
@H.Freeze: I ran all of those commands and there are no upgrades nor anything unusual in the results. Also, what does the -a option do? — , Sep 25 '15 at 19:34
the -a is shsort of --all , reconfigures all. If apt-get is working without errors , and ubuntu-restricted-extras is installed you are good to go. — Panther, Sep 25 '15 at 19:37
@A.B.: The first command gave me nothing, I have updated my question with the output of the second. — , Sep 25 '15 at 19:38
@bodhi.zazen: Trying to install it again (without first removing it) just outputs that the latest version is already installed. — , Sep 25 '15 at 19:40
Remove the packages vlc and libavcodec56 and start sudo apt-get install -f again. After that reinstall vlc. you have no serious problems, it is just annoying. — A.B., Sep 25 '15 at 19:42
I also think you are good to go as there don't appear to be any problems with your packages. — H. Freeze, Sep 25 '15 at 20:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 26 '15 at 08:25

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The deal is, remove to break the dependency loop and reinstall what you need.

Remove some packages:

sudo apt-get remove vlc
sudo apt-get remove libchromaprint0
sudo apt-get remove libavcodec-extra-56 libavcodec-56

Now remove obsolete packages:

sudo apt-get autoremove

Reinstall:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-restricted-extra
sudo apt-get install vlc

edited Sep 26 '15 at 08:25

answered Sep 25 '15 at 21:27

A.B.

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I tried to install it again recently and I got the same errors though with slightly different dependencies involved and following this answer for those didn't work... But why are there these dependency issues which did not used to be present? This really prevents people from installing this, so is this a bug which should be reported? – Dec 31 '15 at 13:27

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