Dependenncy problem - Cannot reinstall PulseAudio
I've recently deleted pulseaudio by mistake, which means that now I'm unable to listen to all audio, which means 90% of all I do on my pc is now off. I tried to reinstall pulseaudio from the command line, but this was the output:
~$ sudo apt install pulseaudio
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 impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
pulseaudio : Depends: libpulse0 (= 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1) but 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I've tried everything. sudo apt install -f doesn't work, dist-upgrade doesn't work, update, upgrade and autoremove all work properly and don't give back any error, and there are 0 packages to be installed, upgraded or removed. I've tried using apt, apt-get and aptitude. I've tried to fix the broken dependencies with synaptic. Nothing.
If I try to remove or regress libpulse0 it gives me an endless list of packages that are to be removed or will be removed.
I know that I can fix everything with a fresh install, but I'd rather not if at all possible, since last time was a small nightmare, what with UEFI and whatnot.
I'm really at my wits' end. Does anybody have any suggestion?
apt package-management sound pulseaudio
asked Dec 18 '18 at 18:10
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I've recently deleted pulseaudio by mistake, which means that now I'm unable to listen to all audio, which means 90% of all I do on my pc is now off. I tried to reinstall pulseaudio from the command line, but this was the output:
~$ sudo apt install pulseaudio
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 impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
pulseaudio : Depends: libpulse0 (= 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1) but 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I've tried everything. sudo apt install -f doesn't work, dist-upgrade doesn't work, update, upgrade and autoremove all work properly and don't give back any error, and there are 0 packages to be installed, upgraded or removed. I've tried using apt, apt-get and aptitude. I've tried to fix the broken dependencies with synaptic. Nothing.
If I try to remove or regress libpulse0 it gives me an endless list of packages that are to be removed or will be removed.
I know that I can fix everything with a fresh install, but I'd rather not if at all possible, since last time was a small nightmare, what with UEFI and whatnot.
I'm really at my wits' end. Does anybody have any suggestion?
apt package-management sound pulseaudio
asked Dec 18 '18 at 18:10
Batrax
11
Have you tried downloading the package directly from their website? You should be able to download it, extract it, and runsudo dpkg -i (packagename)freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio
– Minty
Dec 18 '18 at 18:17
2
The clues to the answer are right there in your output:libpulse0version 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is not an Ubuntu package - figure out which PPA or non-Ubuntu source you got it from usingapt-cache policy, and uninstall all packages from that repository. Don't forget to disable that repository. Once you have reinstalled pulseaudio successfully, you can re-add the non-Ubuntu source.
– user535733
Dec 18 '18 at 18:22
Thank you for replying. I did what you suggested, user535733, and I did in fact have a suse repository (for lutris), but even after deleting the packages and the repository, I still can't install pulseaudio. Minty, I downloaded the package from the site, but it's a tar.gz and it can't (or I don't know how) install it with dpkg. Should I install it its own way?
– Batrax
Dec 18 '18 at 19:51
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I've recently deleted pulseaudio by mistake, which means that now I'm unable to listen to all audio, which means 90% of all I do on my pc is now off. I tried to reinstall pulseaudio from the command line, but this was the output:
~$ sudo apt install pulseaudio
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 impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
pulseaudio : Depends: libpulse0 (= 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1) but 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I've tried everything. sudo apt install -f doesn't work, dist-upgrade doesn't work, update, upgrade and autoremove all work properly and don't give back any error, and there are 0 packages to be installed, upgraded or removed. I've tried using apt, apt-get and aptitude. I've tried to fix the broken dependencies with synaptic. Nothing.
If I try to remove or regress libpulse0 it gives me an endless list of packages that are to be removed or will be removed.
I know that I can fix everything with a fresh install, but I'd rather not if at all possible, since last time was a small nightmare, what with UEFI and whatnot.
I'm really at my wits' end. Does anybody have any suggestion?
apt package-management sound pulseaudio
asked Dec 18 '18 at 18:10
Batrax
11
I've recently deleted pulseaudio by mistake, which means that now I'm unable to listen to all audio, which means 90% of all I do on my pc is now off. I tried to reinstall pulseaudio from the command line, but this was the output:
~$ sudo apt install pulseaudio
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 impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
pulseaudio : Depends: libpulse0 (= 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1) but 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I've tried everything. sudo apt install -f doesn't work, dist-upgrade doesn't work, update, upgrade and autoremove all work properly and don't give back any error, and there are 0 packages to be installed, upgraded or removed. I've tried using apt, apt-get and aptitude. I've tried to fix the broken dependencies with synaptic. Nothing.
If I try to remove or regress libpulse0 it gives me an endless list of packages that are to be removed or will be removed.
I know that I can fix everything with a fresh install, but I'd rather not if at all possible, since last time was a small nightmare, what with UEFI and whatnot.
I'm really at my wits' end. Does anybody have any suggestion?
apt package-management sound pulseaudio
apt package-management sound pulseaudio
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Have you tried downloading the package directly from their website? You should be able to download it, extract it, and runsudo dpkg -i (packagename)freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio
– Minty
Dec 18 '18 at 18:17
2
The clues to the answer are right there in your output:libpulse0version 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is not an Ubuntu package - figure out which PPA or non-Ubuntu source you got it from usingapt-cache policy, and uninstall all packages from that repository. Don't forget to disable that repository. Once you have reinstalled pulseaudio successfully, you can re-add the non-Ubuntu source.
– user535733
Dec 18 '18 at 18:22
Thank you for replying. I did what you suggested, user535733, and I did in fact have a suse repository (for lutris), but even after deleting the packages and the repository, I still can't install pulseaudio. Minty, I downloaded the package from the site, but it's a tar.gz and it can't (or I don't know how) install it with dpkg. Should I install it its own way?
– Batrax
Dec 18 '18 at 19:51
add a comment |
Have you tried downloading the package directly from their website? You should be able to download it, extract it, and runsudo dpkg -i (packagename)freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio
– Minty
Dec 18 '18 at 18:17
2
The clues to the answer are right there in your output:libpulse0version 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is not an Ubuntu package - figure out which PPA or non-Ubuntu source you got it from usingapt-cache policy, and uninstall all packages from that repository. Don't forget to disable that repository. Once you have reinstalled pulseaudio successfully, you can re-add the non-Ubuntu source.
– user535733
Dec 18 '18 at 18:22
Thank you for replying. I did what you suggested, user535733, and I did in fact have a suse repository (for lutris), but even after deleting the packages and the repository, I still can't install pulseaudio. Minty, I downloaded the package from the site, but it's a tar.gz and it can't (or I don't know how) install it with dpkg. Should I install it its own way?
– Batrax
Dec 18 '18 at 19:51
Have you tried downloading the package directly from their website? You should be able to download it, extract it, and run
sudo dpkg -i (packagename) freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio– Minty
Dec 18 '18 at 18:17
Have you tried downloading the package directly from their website? You should be able to download it, extract it, and run
sudo dpkg -i (packagename) freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio– Minty
Dec 18 '18 at 18:17
2
2
The clues to the answer are right there in your output:
libpulse0 version 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is not an Ubuntu package - figure out which PPA or non-Ubuntu source you got it from using apt-cache policy, and uninstall all packages from that repository. Don't forget to disable that repository. Once you have reinstalled pulseaudio successfully, you can re-add the non-Ubuntu source.– user535733
Dec 18 '18 at 18:22
The clues to the answer are right there in your output:
libpulse0 version 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is not an Ubuntu package - figure out which PPA or non-Ubuntu source you got it from using apt-cache policy, and uninstall all packages from that repository. Don't forget to disable that repository. Once you have reinstalled pulseaudio successfully, you can re-add the non-Ubuntu source.– user535733
Dec 18 '18 at 18:22
Thank you for replying. I did what you suggested, user535733, and I did in fact have a suse repository (for lutris), but even after deleting the packages and the repository, I still can't install pulseaudio. Minty, I downloaded the package from the site, but it's a tar.gz and it can't (or I don't know how) install it with dpkg. Should I install it its own way?
– Batrax
Dec 18 '18 at 19:51
Thank you for replying. I did what you suggested, user535733, and I did in fact have a suse repository (for lutris), but even after deleting the packages and the repository, I still can't install pulseaudio. Minty, I downloaded the package from the site, but it's a tar.gz and it can't (or I don't know how) install it with dpkg. Should I install it its own way?
– Batrax
Dec 18 '18 at 19:51
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Ok, I've been defeated. Thinking it would be the pinnacle of cleverness, I installed the required libpulse0 library from a downloaded package.
...it didn't go well. Immediately afterwards apt told me that something like a hundred packages were not needed anymore, and the audio was still not working. I rebooted my laptop and, surprise, the desktop environment had disappeared, and there was only the command line.
I've just finished reinstalling everything (thank the linux gods for home partitions).
Sorry to all those who'll land here in search of a solution.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 22:29
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Ok, I've been defeated. Thinking it would be the pinnacle of cleverness, I installed the required libpulse0 library from a downloaded package.
...it didn't go well. Immediately afterwards apt told me that something like a hundred packages were not needed anymore, and the audio was still not working. I rebooted my laptop and, surprise, the desktop environment had disappeared, and there was only the command line.
I've just finished reinstalling everything (thank the linux gods for home partitions).
Sorry to all those who'll land here in search of a solution.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 22:29
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Ok, I've been defeated. Thinking it would be the pinnacle of cleverness, I installed the required libpulse0 library from a downloaded package.
...it didn't go well. Immediately afterwards apt told me that something like a hundred packages were not needed anymore, and the audio was still not working. I rebooted my laptop and, surprise, the desktop environment had disappeared, and there was only the command line.
I've just finished reinstalling everything (thank the linux gods for home partitions).
Sorry to all those who'll land here in search of a solution.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 22:29
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Ok, I've been defeated. Thinking it would be the pinnacle of cleverness, I installed the required libpulse0 library from a downloaded package.
...it didn't go well. Immediately afterwards apt told me that something like a hundred packages were not needed anymore, and the audio was still not working. I rebooted my laptop and, surprise, the desktop environment had disappeared, and there was only the command line.
I've just finished reinstalling everything (thank the linux gods for home partitions).
Sorry to all those who'll land here in search of a solution.
answered Dec 18 '18 at 22:29
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Ok, I've been defeated. Thinking it would be the pinnacle of cleverness, I installed the required libpulse0 library from a downloaded package.
...it didn't go well. Immediately afterwards apt told me that something like a hundred packages were not needed anymore, and the audio was still not working. I rebooted my laptop and, surprise, the desktop environment had disappeared, and there was only the command line.
I've just finished reinstalling everything (thank the linux gods for home partitions).
Sorry to all those who'll land here in search of a solution.
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Have you tried downloading the package directly from their website? You should be able to download it, extract it, and run
sudo dpkg -i (packagename)freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio– Minty
Dec 18 '18 at 18:17
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The clues to the answer are right there in your output:
libpulse0version 1:12.2-5~bionic1 is not an Ubuntu package - figure out which PPA or non-Ubuntu source you got it from usingapt-cache policy, and uninstall all packages from that repository. Don't forget to disable that repository. Once you have reinstalled pulseaudio successfully, you can re-add the non-Ubuntu source.– user535733
Dec 18 '18 at 18:22
Thank you for replying. I did what you suggested, user535733, and I did in fact have a suse repository (for lutris), but even after deleting the packages and the repository, I still can't install pulseaudio. Minty, I downloaded the package from the site, but it's a tar.gz and it can't (or I don't know how) install it with dpkg. Should I install it its own way?
– Batrax
Dec 18 '18 at 19:51