I’m having an issue with an outdated codec that is causing things to go batty.
The following package updates will NOT be installed: audacious-plugins banshee banshee-backend-engine-gstreamer banshee-backend-io-gio banshee-backend-platform-gnome
banshee-backend-platform-unix banshee-core banshee-dmp banshee-dmp-apple-devices banshee-dmp-mtp
banshee-extensions-default cinelerra conky conky-cairo gbrainy gettext-runtime gnokii
gnome-bluetooth-plugin-phone-manager gnome-phone-manager gnome-web-photo gstreamer-0_10-plugin-esd
gstreamer-0_10-plugin-gnomevfs gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly gstreamer-0_10-utils
gstreamer-utils guile1 kdenlive libavcodec52 libavfilter1 libavfilter2 libavformat52 libavutil50 libavutil51
libblas3 libepc-1_0-2 libgee2 libgstapp-0_10-0 libgstapp-0_10-0-32bit libgstreamer-0_10-0-32bit libguile17
libguile1-devel libguilereadline-v-17-17 libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-3-3 libguile-srfi-srfi-1-v-3-3
libguile-srfi-srfi-4-v-3-3 libguile-srfi-srfi-60-v-2-2 liblapack3 libopenal1-soft libopenal1-soft-32bit
libpostproc52 libproxy1 libpurple libpurple-branding-openSUSE libpurple-tcl libquicktime0 librest0 libswresample0
libswscale0 libswscale2 libvlc5 libvlccore5 libwavpack1 libxine1 libxine1-codecs liferea mjpegtools
nautilus-open-terminal openal-soft phalanx python-libproxy python-numpy python-xdg shotwell simple-scan
transmission-common transmission-gtk vlc vlc-noX vlc-qt wine wine-gecko xchat xchat-perl xchat-python xchat-tcl
It looks like there is a broken libav codec and possibly gtklib somewhere which is killing Audacious (my primary music player). Here is what happens:
WARNING: Audacious seems to be already running but is not responding. *** ERROR: /usr/lib64/audacious/Container/xspf.so is not compatible with this version of Audacious.
** (audacious:8981): CRITICAL **: playlist_load: assertion `pp && PLUGIN_HAS_FUNC (pp, load)' failed
** (audacious:8981): CRITICAL **: playlist_load: assertion `pp && PLUGIN_HAS_FUNC (pp, load)' failed
*** ERROR: /usr/lib64/audacious/General/cd-menu-items.so is not compatible with this version of Audacious.
** (audacious:8981): CRITICAL **: general_plugin_start: assertion `gp != NULL' failed
*** ERROR: /usr/lib64/audacious/General/notify.so is not compatible with this version of Audacious.
** (audacious:8981): CRITICAL **: general_plugin_start: assertion `gp != NULL' failed
*** ERROR: /usr/lib64/audacious/General/gnomeshortcuts.so is not compatible with this version of Audacious.
** (audacious:8981): CRITICAL **: general_plugin_start: assertion `gp != NULL' failed
*** ERROR: /usr/lib64/audacious/General/skins.so is not compatible with this version of Audacious.
** (audacious:8981): CRITICAL **: interface_load: assertion `i' failed
*** ERROR: /usr/lib64/audacious/General/gtkui.so is not compatible with this version of Audacious.
** (audacious:8981): CRITICAL **: interface_load: assertion `i' failed
FATAL: GTK Interface failed to start.
I’m pretty sure the above is caused by the audacious-plugins failing to install because libavformat54 is not available.
Can anyone tell me how to fix all of these broken packages without having to uninstall and reinstall all of these programs completely?
Or is it worth just killing these things off? (I thought package management was supposed to prevent this 
.).