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Hi there again, wonderful Linux world! Can someone help with a bizarre, very annoying, unresolvable intermittent issue: On brand new installation of Mint 20 (installed Ulyssa, then upgraded to Una) - system info is below. Issue: 1.User logs in 2. User clicks on an application launcher on a panel or ...

Solved! What I learned: 1. If a package is broken, it disappears from menu 2. It also can not be downloaded or removed in Software Manager, and appears with "not available" button 3. trying to install in command line reveals which dependencies are broken 4. then, trying to install those de...

Grayfox wrote: ⤴Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:47 pm Did you remove any dependencies GIMP requires?

Using ldd /bin/gimp in the terminal will show what files GIMP needs.

Yes you are right. I subsequently fixed it by trying to install from command line, and getting error message about dependencies, and re-installing those

SOLVED!! found the way from the linux questions forum: 1.tried to install mplayer again 2. got message that dependencies not satisfied 3.tried to install - next level down not satisfied 4.installed, tried upstream - again not satisfied! 5. removed all dependencies 6. installed mplayer - SUCCESS!! 1....

Still, the problem persists - eg in Software Manager, most multimedia software appears as "not available"; Synaptic gives message "you have held broken packages" for those Can you show the exact output for this now? For example apt install vlc Is it the same as your original pos...

libc6: Installed: 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 Y Did that, thanks (output below just in case Still, the problem persists - eg in Software Manager, most multimedia software appears as "not available"; Synaptic gives message "you have held broken packages" for those $ apt install --simulate $(...

Apt worked just fine for you... it says All packages are up to date. I notice that you have another thread running on the same problem.. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=362761 It is not sensible for you to be following actions on 2 threads at the same time when people giving y...

SimonPeter wrote: ⤴Wed Dec 08, 2021 4:26 am Try cleaning up your software sources.
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... urces.html

did that already, did not help, but thanks for trying

This is just a hunch... probably nothing to it. I see that vlc has recursive dependencies libc6 and libglib , both of which had some version bugs in the past affecting other people. It's possible that the issue is buried deep under several layers of dependencies that "but it is not going to be...

sleeper12 wrote: ⤴Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:52 am Maybe reinstall Software Manager? Do one line at a time:

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apt reinstall mintinstall 
mintinstall 

nope, nothing changed
what I noticed is the missing software all has to do with video/sound (Celloloid, Vlc, K3B, but also Gimp...)

Oops, sorry, should be sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq vlc Didn't the apt commands do anything for you?? nothing from apt sudo apt --fix-missing update [sudo] password for ****: Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease Ign:2 https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linux...

Strange, I thought that Mint stopped using vlc in Mint 20.x & that it was replaced with Celluloid. You could try entering the following, 1 line at a time, in terminal. sudo apt --fix-missing update sudo apt update sudo apt install -f If that doesn't work then sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo dpkg ...

understand--yet youtube-dl is not regularly updated as it used to be. Many now use the forked yt-dlp because of regular updates and special features--it's available in GitHub. Absolute bliss with aria2 in the repositories actually, can you have a look at this - what does it mean "no active sou...

VLC came pre-installed You are not running Mint 20.x then?? Maybe the output from inxi -Fxxxrz in a terminal would be a good addition to your next post.. here it is $ inxi -Fxxxrz System: Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 wm: muffin 4.8.1 dm: Li...

How did you install vlc (as that seems to be the issue application)? Have you tried removing it completely & running an update?? VLC came pre-installed Then it actually just disappeared completely from the menu, for some reason! the same happened with Gimp in software manager, they appear with ...

RIH wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:46 pm Menu - Synaptic Package Manager - Edit Tab - Fix Broken Packages - Apply

thanks for this, but it did not work
actually, the message "fixed" appeared almost instantly, so seems like nothing was happening

Hi! Can anyone help solve the problem - why I can't install; here is an example: sudo apt install vlc [sudo] password for ****: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impo...

all41 wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:57 am understand--yet youtube-dl is not regularly updated as it used to be.
Many now use the forked yt-dlp because of regular updates and special features--it's available in
GitHub.
Absolute bliss with aria2 in the repositories

I see
So is there anything else I can do to fix the Software Manager?

I edited my reply. My guess--your normal repositories were down at the time of your update inquiry--it happens. The xenial repo references are questionable for Mint 20x -- just saying Sorry, my friend, I am not quite following the logic of all this. I guess I just don't understand much about it all...

Excellent report your Mint system is updated. Now you need to scrutinize those added ppas or additional repositories that caused your difficulties--individually Compare this list: to those previously reported Ok, what will be looking for when comparing? The mirrors are different, because as you poi...