Arch Linux

ahstro

Member

Registered: 2017-03-13

Posts: 5

ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

I'm trying to run a system upgrade, but can't seem to upgrade ffmpeg nor x265.
Problem seems to be that ffmpeg2.8 is installed, and causing some dependency conflicts.
Not sure how to resolve this.

λ sudo pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing x265 (2.8-1) breaks dependency 'libx265.so=151-64' required by ffmpeg2.8

crequill

Member

Registered: 2011-07-18

Posts: 14

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

pacman -R ffmpeg2.8

ffmpeg2.8 is not more used

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,301

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

Update your system more often, that dependency chain got resolved cleanly for 2 months

FWIW remove ffmpeg2.8 if necessary with the -Rdd option, the only package that should have this dependency in the repos is VLC which will be updated as well. If you have this dependency for an AUR package, you'd best check if there was an update

ahstro

Member

Registered: 2017-03-13

Posts: 5

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

I update my system multiple times a day, so don't think "more often" is a valid suggestion.
Removed ffmpeg2.8 and upgraded now. Not sure why it hadn't been removed, if you say it should've been.
Thanks!

thecdn

Member

Registered: 2007-06-12

Posts: 21

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

I update my system multiple times a day, so don't think "more often" is a valid suggestion.

Agreed. I update every morning just ran into this issue this morning.

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,402

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

thecdn do you also regularly run `pacman -Qdt`?

wh00

Member

Registered: 2016-03-24

Posts: 20

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

I update my system multiple times a day, so don't think "more often" is a valid suggestion.

Agreed. I update every morning just ran into this issue this morning.

Same

edit:

thecdn do you also regularly run `pacman -Qdt`?

I have not in the past, but it seems like a good suggestion for the future! Thanks

Last edited by wh00 (2018-05-29 14:18:23)

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,301

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

Seems my memory is fuzzy, I thought we had a replaces directive, apparently not. Sorry for the noise. But yes, regularly checking and cleaning up after old orphans is a good habit to get into.

twelveeighty

Member

Registered: 2011-09-04

Posts: 1,313

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

My list for `pacman -Qdt` was rather big. I'm still working on it, but I noticed that there were several packages that were originally installed as a dependency, but no longer *are* a dep. For example: akonadi and elfutils. Since I want to keep those, I use the following to mark them as "explicitly installed" to get them off the -Qdt list:

pacman -D --asexplicit <package>

eschwartz

Fellow

Registered: 2014-08-08

Posts: 4,097

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

Seems my memory is fuzzy, I thought we had a replaces directive, apparently not. Sorry for the noise. But yes, regularly checking and cleaning up after old orphans is a good habit to get into.

We do have one, but nothing "replaces" ffmpeg2.8, so why should we use it?

---

Managing AUR repos The Right Way -- aurpublish (now a standalone tool)

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,301

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

I know that we have one, I thought it did do that, for some reason, but now that I remember correctly, it was simply readded to allow an easier upgrade for a while.

Roken

Member

From: South Wales, UK

Registered: 2012-01-16

Posts: 1,306

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

Why did no-one ask this at weekend. I finally figured it out this morning, and suddenly here's the solution. Could have saved me a bucket load of heartache

---

Ryzen 5900X 12 core/24 thread - RTX 3090 FE 24 Gb, Asus B550-F Gaming MB, 128Gb Corsair DDR4, Cooler Master N300 chassis, 5 HD (2 NvME PCI, 4SSD) + 1 x optical.
Linux user #545703

/ is the root of all problems.

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,402

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

@Roken https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … dab006254b because no one else using testing had the issue?
Edit:
Missed https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=237497

Last edited by loqs (2018-05-29 23:41:37)

dkorzhevin

Member

From: Kiev, Ukraine

Registered: 2010-04-23

Posts: 61

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

Thx for the solution.

firesalamander

Member

Registered: 2018-03-10

Posts: 2

Re: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2.8, and x265

This was helpful.Thanks