[SOLVED] VLC player zlib 1.2.5.4 issue

Farsight · #1 13th May 2012, 04:29 PM

Hi folks,

First post here at the Fedora forums since switching from Ubuntu.

I'm hoping someone will be able to offer a solution to an issue I am currently having. Specifically, I am attempting to install VLC media player within a recently installed version of Fedora 16 (Verne, Kernel: 3.3.4-3.fc16.i686, Gnome 3.2.1).

While installing I encounter the following error message:

Quote:

Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package vlc.i686 0:1.1.13-3.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: vlc-core(x86-32) = 1.1.13-3.fc16 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libtar.so.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libminizip.so.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libcaca.so.0 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: kde-filesystem for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libvlccore.so.4 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libaa.so.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libprojectM.so.2.0.1 for package: vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package aalib-libs.i686 0:1.4.0-0.19.rc5.fc15 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libgpm.so.2 for package: aalib-libs-1.4.0-0.19.rc5.fc15.i686
---> Package kde-filesystem.i686 0:4-38.fc15 will be installed
---> Package libcaca.i686 0:0.99-0.12.beta17.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libglut.so.3 for package: libcaca-0.99-0.12.beta17.fc16.i686
---> Package libprojectM.i686 0:2.0.1-12.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libftgl.so.2 for package: libprojectM-2.0.1-12.fc16.i686
---> Package libtar.i686 0:1.2.11-20.fc15 will be installed
---> Package minizip.i686 0:1.2.5-4.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: zlib = 1.2.5-4.fc16 for package: minizip-1.2.5-4.fc16.i686
---> Package vlc-core.i686 0:1.1.13-3.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: live555date(x86-32) = 2011.09.02 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libcddb.so.2 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libtiger.so.5 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libzvbi.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libSDL_image-1.2.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libgroupsock.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libliveMedia.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libthreadutil.so.6 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libUsageEnvironment.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0(VCDINFO_0) for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libmatroska.so.4 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libebml.so.3 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libixml.so.2 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libupnp.so.6 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libBasicUsageEnvironment.so.0 for package: vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package SDL_image.i686 0:1.2.10-2.fc15 will be installed
---> Package freeglut.i686 0:2.6.0-6.fc15 will be installed
---> Package ftgl.i686 0:2.1.3-0.4.rc5.fc15 will be installed
---> Package gpm-libs.i686 0:1.20.6-18.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libcddb.i686 0:1.3.2-5.fc15 will be installed
---> Package libebml.i686 0:1.2.1-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libmatroska.i686 0:1.2.0-1.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libtiger.i686 0:0.3.4-2.fc16 will be installed
---> Package libupnp.i686 0:1.6.13-2.fc16 will be installed
---> Package lirc-libs.i686 0:0.9.0-3.fc16 will be installed
---> Package live555.i686 0:0-0.32.2011.09.02.fc16 will be installed
---> Package minizip.i686 0:1.2.5-4.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: zlib = 1.2.5-4.fc16 for package: minizip-1.2.5-4.fc16.i686
---> Package vcdimager-libs.i686 0:0.7.24-1.fc15 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: vcdimager = 0.7.24-1.fc15 for package: vcdimager-libs-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686
---> Package zvbi.i686 0:0.2.33-9.fc16 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package minizip.i686 0:1.2.5-4.fc16 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: zlib = 1.2.5-4.fc16 for package: minizip-1.2.5-4.fc16.i686
---> Package vcdimager.i686 0:0.7.24-1.fc15 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: minizip-1.2.5-4.fc16.i686 (fedora)
Requires: zlib = 1.2.5-4.fc16
Installed: zlib-1.2.5-6.fc16.i686 (@updates)
zlib = 1.2.5-6.fc16
Available: zlib-1.2.5-4.fc16.i686 (fedora)

I have attempted to manually locate the zlib-1.2.5-4.fc16 package online, however, I can only find zlib-1.2.5-4.fc16.i686 (which when I try to installl, tells me it needs zlib-1.2.5-4.fc16).

This problem also prevented me from installing google chromium - despite having followed all necessary steps in tutorials correctly.

Any help is much appreciated, and as always, I'm willing to offer any additional information you might need to help diagnose this problem.

All the best,
Farsight.

PabloTwo · #2 13th May 2012, 05:08 PM

Quote:

---> Package minizip.i686 0:1.2.5-4.fc16 will be installed

I don't know why it's trying to install that version of minizip. It should bring in package minizip-1.2.5-6.fc16.i686 from the "updates" repo. Did you "disable" the "updates" repo?

Farsight · #3 13th May 2012, 06:18 PM

Hi Pablo,

Thank you for your reply. I ran the command:

Code:

yum repolist

for which I got this output:

Quote:

Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
adobe-linux-i386/primary | 11 kB 00:00
fedora/metalink | 31 kB 00:00
fedora | 4.2 kB 00:00
fedora/primary_db | 12 MB 00:42
fedora/group_gz | 431 kB 00:01
google-chrome | 951 B 00:00
google-chrome/primary | 1.5 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free | 2.7 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free/primary_db | 312 kB 00:01
rpmfusion-free-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates/primary_db | 379 kB 00:01
rpmfusion-free-updates/group_gz | 1.6 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree | 2.7 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree/primary_db | 106 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/primary_db | 137 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/group_gz | 1.0 kB 00:00
adobe-linux-i386 17/17
google-chrome 3/3
repo id repo name status
adobe-linux-i386 Adobe Systems Incorporated 17
fedora Fedora 16 - i386 20,176
google-chrome google-chrome 3
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 16 - Free 355
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 16 - Free - Updates 886
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 16 - Nonfree 150
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 16 - Nonfree - Updates 434
repolist: 22,021

I'm still very new to Fedora and learning my way around the system. Perhaps you can advise me if I've accidentally disabled a particular repo, and if so, how I go about reactivating it?

All the best,
Farsight

PabloTwo · #4 13th May 2012, 07:56 PM

You can probably do that from your GUI package manager, but since I only use yum at the command line, I'm not sure where in the menu that would be. You can switch to root and bring up a text editor and edit the file:

/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo

In the first section:

Code:

[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

change the "enabled=0" to "enabled=1".
Temporarily, from the command line, you could do, as root:

Code:

yum --enablerepo=updates install vlc

Farsight · #5 13th May 2012, 08:49 PM

Hi again Pablo,

Before I go ahead and create a new file called fedora-updates.repo, can I check whether you meant for me to alter the fedora.repo file? Presently I have only the fedora.repo file in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.

For the benefit of others (and so you can check if I'm doing something wrong), if I was going to create the fedora-update.repo file with the aim of installing VLC, I believe I would do it as follows:

1) change to root user

Code:

su

Insert root password, then:

2) create the fedora-updates.repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory

Code:

 cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
cat > fedora-updates.repo

Followed by pasting the text you have given:

Code:

[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

I'd then attempt to update my system with:

Code:

 yum update

3) Finally coming to the stage where I can attempt to install VLC media player via:

Code:

 yum install VLC

Hopefully my basic understanding of Fedora is at least partially right.

All the best,
Farsight.

---------- Post added at 08:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 PM ----------

Pablo, thank you so very much for your help. From what you provide and what I posted above, I now have a fully functional VLC media player.

Code:

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package (+21 Dependent packages)

Total download size: 11 M
Installed size: 39 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/22): SDL_image-1.2.10-2.fc15.i686.rpm                 |  44 kB     00:00     
(2/22): aalib-libs-1.4.0-0.19.rc5.fc15.i686.rpm          |  62 kB     00:00     
(3/22): freeglut-2.6.0-6.fc15.i686.rpm                   | 165 kB     00:00     
(4/22): ftgl-2.1.3-0.4.rc5.fc15.i686.rpm                 | 101 kB     00:00     
(5/22): gpm-libs-1.20.6-21.fc16.i686.rpm                 |  29 kB     00:00     
(6/22): kde-filesystem-4-38.fc15.i686.rpm                |  47 kB     00:00     
(7/22): libcaca-0.99-0.12.beta17.fc16.i686.rpm           | 214 kB     00:00     
(8/22): libcddb-1.3.2-7.fc16.i686.rpm                    |  68 kB     00:00     
(9/22): libebml-1.2.1-1.fc16.i686.rpm                    |  67 kB     00:00     
(10/22): libmatroska-1.2.0-1.fc16.i686.rpm               | 139 kB     00:00     
(11/22): libprojectM-2.0.1-12.fc16.i686.rpm              | 465 kB     00:01     
(12/22): libtar-1.2.11-20.fc15.i686.rpm                  |  30 kB     00:00     
(13/22): libtiger-0.3.4-2.fc16.i686.rpm                  |  34 kB     00:00     
(14/22): libupnp-1.6.13-2.fc16.i686.rpm                  |  96 kB     00:00     
(15/22): lirc-libs-0.9.0-7.fc16.i686.rpm                 |  33 kB     00:00     
(16/22): live555-0-0.32.2011.09.02.fc16.i686.rpm         | 283 kB     00:00     
(17/22): minizip-1.2.5-6.fc16.i686.rpm                   |  32 kB     00:00     
(18/22): vcdimager-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686.rpm                | 294 kB     00:01     
(19/22): vcdimager-libs-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686.rpm           |  93 kB     00:00     
(20/22): vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686.rpm                      | 1.9 MB     00:08     
(21/22): vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686.rpm                 | 6.8 MB     00:37     
(22/22): zvbi-0.2.33-9.fc16.i686.rpm                     | 392 kB     00:01     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                           205 kB/s |  11 MB     00:56     
Running Transaction Check
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : kde-filesystem-4-38.fc15.i686                               1/22 
  Installing : minizip-1.2.5-6.fc16.i686                                   2/22 
  Installing : libebml-1.2.1-1.fc16.i686                                   3/22 
  Installing : libmatroska-1.2.0-1.fc16.i686                               4/22 
  Installing : vcdimager-libs-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686                           5/22 
  Installing : vcdimager-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686                                6/22 
  Installing : SDL_image-1.2.10-2.fc15.i686                                7/22 
  Installing : ftgl-2.1.3-0.4.rc5.fc15.i686                                8/22 
  Installing : libprojectM-2.0.1-12.fc16.i686                              9/22 
  Installing : lirc-libs-0.9.0-7.fc16.i686                                10/22 
  Installing : libtiger-0.3.4-2.fc16.i686                                 11/22 
  Installing : zvbi-0.2.33-9.fc16.i686                                    12/22 
  Installing : freeglut-2.6.0-6.fc15.i686                                 13/22 
  Installing : libcaca-0.99-0.12.beta17.fc16.i686                         14/22 
  Installing : libupnp-1.6.13-2.fc16.i686                                 15/22 
  Installing : libcddb-1.3.2-7.fc16.i686                                  16/22 
  Installing : libtar-1.2.11-20.fc15.i686                                 17/22 
  Installing : gpm-libs-1.20.6-21.fc16.i686                               18/22 
  Installing : aalib-libs-1.4.0-0.19.rc5.fc15.i686                        19/22 
  Installing : live555-0-0.32.2011.09.02.fc16.i686                        20/22 
  Installing : vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686                                21/22 
  Installing : vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686                                     22/22 
  Verifying  : live555-0-0.32.2011.09.02.fc16.i686                         1/22 
  Verifying  : gpm-libs-1.20.6-21.fc16.i686                                2/22 
  Verifying  : libprojectM-2.0.1-12.fc16.i686                              3/22 
  Verifying  : libtar-1.2.11-20.fc15.i686                                  4/22 
  Verifying  : vcdimager-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686                                5/22 
  Verifying  : kde-filesystem-4-38.fc15.i686                               6/22 
  Verifying  : libcaca-0.99-0.12.beta17.fc16.i686                          7/22 
  Verifying  : libcddb-1.3.2-7.fc16.i686                                   8/22 
  Verifying  : libebml-1.2.1-1.fc16.i686                                   9/22 
  Verifying  : libupnp-1.6.13-2.fc16.i686                                 10/22 
  Verifying  : freeglut-2.6.0-6.fc15.i686                                 11/22 
  Verifying  : zvbi-0.2.33-9.fc16.i686                                    12/22 
  Verifying  : libtiger-0.3.4-2.fc16.i686                                 13/22 
  Verifying  : lirc-libs-0.9.0-7.fc16.i686                                14/22 
  Verifying  : aalib-libs-1.4.0-0.19.rc5.fc15.i686                        15/22 
  Verifying  : vcdimager-libs-0.7.24-1.fc15.i686                          16/22 
  Verifying  : vlc-core-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686                                17/22 
  Verifying  : minizip-1.2.5-6.fc16.i686                                  18/22 
  Verifying  : ftgl-2.1.3-0.4.rc5.fc15.i686                               19/22 
  Verifying  : libmatroska-1.2.0-1.fc16.i686                              20/22 
  Verifying  : SDL_image-1.2.10-2.fc15.i686                               21/22 
  Verifying  : vlc-1.1.13-3.fc16.i686                                     22/22 

Installed:
  vlc.i686 0:1.1.13-3.fc16                                                      

Dependency Installed:
  SDL_image.i686 0:1.2.10-2.fc15         aalib-libs.i686 0:1.4.0-0.19.rc5.fc15  
  freeglut.i686 0:2.6.0-6.fc15           ftgl.i686 0:2.1.3-0.4.rc5.fc15         
  gpm-libs.i686 0:1.20.6-21.fc16         kde-filesystem.i686 0:4-38.fc15        
  libcaca.i686 0:0.99-0.12.beta17.fc16   libcddb.i686 0:1.3.2-7.fc16            
  libebml.i686 0:1.2.1-1.fc16            libmatroska.i686 0:1.2.0-1.fc16        
  libprojectM.i686 0:2.0.1-12.fc16       libtar.i686 0:1.2.11-20.fc15           
  libtiger.i686 0:0.3.4-2.fc16           libupnp.i686 0:1.6.13-2.fc16           
  lirc-libs.i686 0:0.9.0-7.fc16          live555.i686 0:0-0.32.2011.09.02.fc16  
  minizip.i686 0:1.2.5-6.fc16            vcdimager.i686 0:0.7.24-1.fc15         
  vcdimager-libs.i686 0:0.7.24-1.fc15    vlc-core.i686 0:1.1.13-3.fc16          
  zvbi.i686 0:0.2.33-9.fc16             

Complete!

SOLVED!

Thank you Fedora community!
Farsight.

PabloTwo · #6 13th May 2012, 09:06 PM

OK... well, I didn't know you were "missing" the fedora-updates.repo file. I had assumed you had somehow set it to disabled. You now have the "important" entry of that file. Here is the full contents of the fedora-updates.repo:

Code:

[updates]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Updates Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-source-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

Farsight · #7 13th May 2012, 09:17 PM

Thanks for that extra bit of information Pablo, you've been a real help!

I have now changed the file the only way I currently know how (to delete and then remake - sorry, its not perfect but it's all I know after 2 days):

Code:

cd /etc/yum.repos.d
rm -r fedora-updates.repo

Code:

cat > fedora-updates.repo

Then paste what you put above.

All the best,
Farsight.

PabloTwo · #8 14th May 2012, 12:36 AM

You could have just opened the /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo file in a text editor, then copied the missing sections as I posted from the open web-browser, then pasted that into the open text file below the existing text, save and close the editor. No need to have deleted the file first and create a new one.

You don't need to use the -r (recursive) option (and probably shouldn't) when deleting (removing) a single file.