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antix_forum_account
Joined: 01 Feb 2013
#1
Hey dear forum… __{{emoticon}}__

Has anyone else run into this bug?
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I've been unable to use mplayer since a couple of days ago…

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mplayer --help
mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libdvdnavmini.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/var/log/apt/history.log says…

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Start-Date: 2014-08-27  08:02:14
Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
Upgrade: libdb5.3:amd64 (5.3.28-5, 5.3.28-6), libdb5.3:i386 (5.3.28-5, 5.3.28-6), libidn11-dev:amd64 (1.28-2, 1.29-1), libfontembed1:amd64 (1.0.57-1, 1.0.58-1), google-chrome-stable:i386 (36.0.1985.143-1, 37.0.2062.94-1), libllvm3.4:amd64 (3.4.2-7, 3.4.2-8), libllvm3.4:i386 (3.4.2-7, 3.4.2-8), libcap-ng0:amd64 (0.7.3-1.1, 0.7.4-2), libidn11:amd64 (1.28-2, 1.29-1), libidn11:i386 (1.28-2, 1.29-1), texlive-base:amd64 (2014.20140717-01, 2014.20140821-1), libdb5.3-dev:amd64 (5.3.28-5, 5.3.28-6), bash:amd64 (4.3-8, 4.3-9), cups-filters-core-drivers:amd64 (1.0.57-1, 1.0.58-1), libdvdnav4:amd64 (4.2.1-3, 5.0.0-1), cups-filters:amd64 (1.0.57-1, 1.0.58-1), texlive-latex-base:amd64 (2014.20140717-01, 2014.20140821-1), manpages:amd64 (3.65-1, 3.71-1), libcupsfilters1:amd64 (1.0.57-1, 1.0.58-1)
End-Date: 2014-08-27  08:25:24
/usr/share/doc/libdvdnav4/changelog.Debian.gz says…

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libdvdnav (5.0.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - Bugfix:  crashes after source DVD is selected (Closes: #738811)
    - Bugfix: Busy-loop reading main menu for UK release of
              Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (Closes: #705379)
  * Merged all patches, merged upstream

 -- Reinhard Tartler <siretart@tauware.de>  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:52:54 -0400
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#2
It seems I missed the removal of mplayer from unstable some months ago...

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fronkonstin
Joined: 16 Jun 2014
#3
Yes, it was mentioned here:
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You can get mplayer working again with this workaround (found here:
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sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdvdnav.so.4.1.2 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdvdnavmini.so.4
Try it and post if it works for you.
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#4
yes, this works. Thanks! __{{emoticon}}__

Next time I will have a closer look at the forum...
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fronkonstin
Joined: 16 Jun 2014
#5
You're welcome. Good to know it also works for you. __{{emoticon}}__
Thanks for your feedback