I lost amarok and VLC both on the last upgrade. I got VLC back by running:

"sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 vlc"

But, amarok shows dependency issues and one broken package that I can't find using synaptic. Synaptic shows no broken packages and this package is not installed. Tried to install it and got other dependency issues. I get this from sudo aptitude:

The following packages are BROKEN:
libtag1-vanilla libtag1c2a
The following NEW packages will be installed:
amarok amarok-common{a} amarok-utils{a} libfftw3-3{a} liblastfm0{a}
libtag-extras0{a}
0 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 73.1kB/55.2MB of archives. After unpacking 163MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libtag1c2a: Breaks: libtag-extras0 but 0.1.6-1 is to be installed.
libtag1-vanilla: Breaks: libtag-extras0 but 0.1.6-1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
amarok [Not Installed]
amarok-utils [Not Installed]
libtag-extras0 [Not Installed]

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
amarok-common recommends amarok (>= 2:2.1.85-0ubuntu1)
Score is -10063

did you try

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sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

?

bob@bob-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

ups, misread something.

Which Kubuntu version are you using? Has Amarok been removed on the last system update or a distribution upgrade?

Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Last distribution upgrade using aptitude update, then, aptitude safe-upgrade Trying to keep up with it all. Some fun.

Hm, it worked when i did it, that is some weeks ago, though.

You can also try to install it with the force option

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sudo aptitude install -f amarok

bob@bob-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install -f amarok
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
libtag1-vanilla libtag1c2a
The following NEW packages will be installed:
amarok amarok-common{a} amarok-utils{a} libfftw3-3{a} liblastfm0{a}
libtag-extras0{a}
0 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 73.1kB/55.2MB of archives. After unpacking 163MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libtag1c2a: Breaks: libtag-extras0 but 0.1.6-1 is to be installed.
libtag1-vanilla: Breaks: libtag-extras0 but 0.1.6-1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
amarok [Not Installed]
amarok-utils [Not Installed]
libtag-extras0 [Not Installed]

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
amarok-common recommends amarok (>= 2:2.1.85-0ubuntu1)
Score is -63

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

Hm, i compared it with mine and all versions are the same, but amarok and amarok-common. I guess you have supported repositories only? If so, it seems that dependencies are broken. Perhaps you want to try to include the Backports Beta PPA or wait until it's fixed.

Give me the deb http// for Backports Beta PPA

Aaah, sorry, i must corrected (somehow unconcentrated). 2.1.80 is from backports ppa but the current version 2.1.85 is from stable archives and is installed properly here.

What versions of libtag1-vanilla, libtag1c2a, libtag-extras0 are installed or (if not) available?

libtag1-vanilla 1.6-2ubuntu1 It says it's installed and motbroken, I don't get it?

And the other two packages?
I have different versions here (libtag-vanilla and libtag1c2a both are 1.5-7, libtag-extras0 0.1.6-1).

Try to check which version Amarok depends on (you see it with aptitude show amarok), beware that the libtag packages also have dependencies with each other.

libtag1c2a,= 1.6-2ubuntu1 installed and libtag-extras0= 1.6-2 not installed without ubuntu1 behind it. Sorry didn't get it all in the first reply.

Package: amarok
State: not installed
Version: 2:2.1.85-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: kde
Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers <kubuntu-devel@ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 148M
Depends: amarok-common (= 2:2.1.85-0ubuntu1), amarok-utils (=
2:2.1.85-0ubuntu1), phonon-backend-xine | phonon-backend,
kdebase-runtime (>= 4:4.3.0), kdelibs5 (>= 4:4.3.1), libc6 (>= 2.,
libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgcrypt11 (>=
1.4.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgpod4 (>= 0.7.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>=
2.8.0), liblastfm0, libloudmouth1-0 (>= 1.1.4-2), libmtp8 (>= 0.3.1),
libmysqlclient16 (>= 5.1.21-1), libplasma3 (>= 4:4.3.1-0ubuntu3),
libqt4-dbus (>= 4.5.1), libqt4-network (>= 4.5.1), libqt4-phonon (>=
4.5.1), libqt4-script (>= 4.5.1), libqt4-sql (>= 4.5.1), libqt4-svg (>=
4.5.1), libqt4-webkit (>= 4.5.1), libqt4-xml (>= 4.5.1), libqtcore4 (>=
4.5.1), libqtgui4 (>= 4.5.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0), libstreamanalyzer0
(>= 0.7.0), libstreams0 (>= 0.7.0), libtag-extras0 (>= 0.1.1),
libtag1c2a (>= 1.5), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4),
libqtscript4-core, libqtscript4-gui, libqtscript4-network,
libqtscript4-xml, libqtscript4-sql, libqtscript4-uitools
Recommends: kdemultimedia-kio-plugins (>= 4:4.2.0)
Suggests: libqt4-sql-sqlite, libqt4-sql-mysql, libqt4-sql-psql
Conflicts: amarok-engine-xine (< 2), amarok-engine-yauap (< 2), amarok-kde4
Replaces: amarok-common (< 2:2.1.1orig-0ubuntu2), amarok-kde4
Description: easy to use media player based on the KDE 4 technology platform
Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing
the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before and it
looks good doing it! Amarok is based on the powerful Qt4 / KDE4 technology
platform and nicely integrates with KDE desktop.

Much work has been invested into integrating Amarok 2 with various Web
services:
* Ampache
* Jamendo Service
* Last.fm
* Librivox
* MP3tunes
* Magnatune
* OPML Podcast Directory
* Shoutcast Radio Directory

Amarok comes with a lot of features including but not limited to:
* Scripts - enhance your Amarok experience with community developed scripts.
* Dynamic Playlists - create playlists that automatically update.
* Context View - customize interface with the Plasma powered Context View.
* PopUp Dropper - simplify drag&drop actions with revolutionary menu system.
* Multiple Language Translations
* Collection Management - organizing your music collection has never been
easier with Amarok's powerful tagging, renaming, and sorting abilities.
* Database Importing - import collections from Amarok 1.4 or iTunes.
* Scriptable Services - integrate other web services into Amarok.
Homepage: http://amarok.kde.org

Ok, this is good so far:
libtag-extras0 (>= 0.1.1)
libtag1c2a (>= 1.5)

Can also paste the same output for libtag-extras0 and libtag1c2a?