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Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:04 pm**

Getting confused after reading and trying to follow instructions at http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1836 explicitly.

I have fresh install of LMDE xfce 201109. I saw that changing APT was important via that blog url above. It said "first thing you need to do":
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
.... Note: Coming out of Mint 8 KDE I was unsure of using terminal to do replacements, and not even realizing this invoked a text editor (since I did not know what gedit was)... So, I used Software Manager, and Software sources, editing the values therein. It reads like this:

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http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

But now if I refresh the Update Manager I get this:

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W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/dists/testing/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch http://www.debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/dists/testing/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'www.debian.linuxmint.com'

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Scratching head I open terminal and run gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list which creates error:

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(gedit:27095): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed]

Nevertheless (whatever that means), gedit opens the file - and it reads:

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main
deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main

So, I don't know if this is correct or why the Update Manager says "failed to fectch.." ect.

Also, after making the APT source changes, but before I tried to refresh the Update Manage (related above), I tried to run the update and got some error that apparently stopped everything:

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]E: /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvid.so', which is also in package gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad 0.10.22-0.1

Don't know how to proceed. And though I have run Mint 8 KDE for some time, the experience was flawless enough to where I did not have to learn so much about Linux "under the hood". Which is to say that I am willing and wanting to learn but stuff that assumes I know very much will fly over my head.

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:34 pm**

Hi Anthrogue!

You will find the solution/explanation to your issue here : http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=185&t=82346

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:50 pm**

hi,
let's go step by step

open a terminal, copy&paste

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inxi -r

and show us the output. we'll see the rest after

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:03 pm**

Thanks... here is the inxi -r result

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~ $ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
           deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
           deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

I'm guessing that's correct, since Upgrade Manager now does not report errors seemingly related to APT sources. Most recent update attempt runs into some problem with

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Error
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvid.so', which is also in package gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad 0.10.22-0.1

I tried to then remove the gstreamer thing with a "solution" from another thread somewhere but got apparent error

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~ $ [b]sudo apt-get remove gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad[/b]
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  mint-meta-codecs
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad
The following packages will be upgraded:
  mint-meta-codecs
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 369 not upgraded.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/

Trying to run update again, nevertheless hoping whatever was fixed, I then ran into same update error about gstreamer which apparently aborted update. If it is more apropos, I had shifted to another thread with this issue: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 22#p492922

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:43 pm**

Thank you zerozero, hard to know logically some stuff in advance. APT sources correct and whatever with gstreamer was removed once I ran command without Update Manager open ;/ ...... Update competed successfully

Solved: also related to thread: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 46#p492927

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:45 pm**

I have exactly the same problem.

I have 368 recommendedupdates that won't install, and i get the message:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstxvid.so', which is also in package gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad 0.10.22-0.1

Could you clarify how you solved the problem of the gstreamer issue stopping updates please, anthrogue.? I have It would be much appreciated, I could not gather what command you ran, thanks.

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:10 pm**

hello anthrogue

i've been backtracking and found the neat solution you used. Thanks for originally posting it.

Solution: in root terminal, type the following command with Update Manager closed:

sudo apt-get remove gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad

then open and use Update Manager & everything should work fine.

It seems to be going well, Manager is now in full flow updating my new LMDE xfce.

Best wishes, enjoy your LMDE

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