[SOLVED] Why am I getting updates for apps I don't have?

derezion · 08-07-2020, 01:42 PM

The mint updater in my Bodhi 5.1 system is trying to give me updates for Virtualbox and Chromium (extra ffmpeg) both of which I don' t have installed. I've heard it may have to do with dependencies but don't know how that works.

I'm also mysteriously getting an update for ubiquity (Ubuntu Live cd installer.) I know this another question but "Why do I need this when I already have my OS installed?"

rbtylee · 08-07-2020, 04:34 PM

ubiquity is needed by Bodhibuilder which is installed by default. There are some virtual box packages also installed via default (so bodhi is better behaved in a virtual box VM), most distros do this. as to Chromium (extra ffmpeg) I would need more details.

derezion · 08-07-2020, 06:44 PM

Thanks. I don't know what to tell you. The update manager says: "chromium-browser" / Extra ffmpeg codecs for the chromium browser

cordx · 08-07-2020, 06:56 PM

mine looks like this:

Quote:

$ apt list chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Listing... Done
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/bionic-updates,now 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 [installed]
$ aptitude why chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
i ubuntu-restricted-addons Recommends chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
$ dpkg -s chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
...
Description: Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more
stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.
.
This package contains the multi-threaded ffmpeg codecs needed for the HTML5
<audio> and <video> tags. In addition to the patent-free ogg, vorbis and
theora codecs, aac/ac3/mpeg4audio/h264/mov/mp3 are also included.

i always assumed they were general browser multimedia codecs.

derezion · 08-07-2020, 06:58 PM

How did you get that info?

cordx · 08-07-2020, 07:03 PM

i ran this command apt list chromium* | grep installed

Quote:

$ apt list chromium* | grep installed

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/bionic-updates,now 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 [installed]

to get the name of the package: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra.

the other commands were listed with the info above: apt list, aptitude why (i had to install aptitude manually) and dpkg -s.

cordx · 08-07-2020, 07:08 PM

i have both firefox and web (epiphany browser) installed, but i also checked mint 19.3 and ubuntu 20.04 vm's with only firefox installed and they both have the same codecs (chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra).

rbtylee · 08-07-2020, 07:18 PM

Great answer cordx

I suppose this thread is now solved?