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Each time I run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the this output:

The following packages have been kept back:
  libavcodec-extra-54 libavformat54
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

Is there a way to force the upgrade or should I just purge them with all of their dependencies and reinstall the packages in question?

Emil Zahariev
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Upgrade them manually

sudo apt install libavcodec-extra-54 libavformat54
Ohad Cohen
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According to https://askubuntu.com/a/502208/15003, sudo apt-get install libopus0 followed by sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav should upgrade the packages that are held back.

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edwinksl
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  • No that does not work. Here is the output: The following packages have been kept back: libavformat54 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. – Emil Zahariev May 22 '16 at 18:33
  • @EmilZahariev How about sudo apt install libavformat54? – edwinksl May 22 '16 at 18:34
  • Here is the output of that: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libavformat54 : Depends: libavcodec54 (>= 7:1.2.5~) but it is not going to be installed or libavcodec-extra-54 (>= 7:1.2.5~) but 6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – Emil Zahariev May 22 '16 at 18:37
  • And here is what happens when I try to install those packages: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libavcodec-extra-54 : Conflicts: libavcodec54 but 7:1.2.5-1~trusty1 is to be installed libavcodec54 : Depends: libx264-123 but it is not installable Conflicts: libavcodec-extra-54 but 6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – Emil Zahariev May 22 '16 at 18:41
  • http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2279609 seems to suggest that gstreamer1.0-libav could be what you are missing. As the forum post suggests, can you post the output of sudo apt-cache policy gstreamer1.0-libav? – edwinksl May 22 '16 at 18:47
  • Here is the output: gstreamer1.0-libav: Installed: 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.2.3-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages – Emil Zahariev May 22 '16 at 18:48
  • No that still gets me the same output as before when I run sudo apt-get upgrade and I dont have VLC – Emil Zahariev May 22 '16 at 18:51
  • I explored a little and found this: http://askubuntu.com/a/502208/15003. Looks like it works but the OP wasn't sure why. You could try this and see if it works. Then undo the install if you are not comfortable with the fix. – edwinksl May 22 '16 at 18:58
  • That one worked. Might want to edit your answer with the link. – Emil Zahariev May 22 '16 at 19:15
  • @EmilZahariev Nice, will do. – edwinksl May 22 '16 at 19:16