Bug#800585: cheese does not specify all dependencies it require

[Andreas Henriksson]

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On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 02:41:14PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
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> package: cheese
> version: 3.16.1-1
> severity: grave
> reason: makes it unusable for its primary purpose
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> When I start cheese, I get the following error
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> Error during camera setup: One or more needed GStreamer elements are
> missing: One or more needed GStreamer elements are missing: videobalance
> .
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> I can't even find the corresponding package by searching "gstreamer
> videobalance"

Please try installing gstreamer1.0-tools and run gst-inspect-1.0
and attach the output.

There's a dependency from libcheese7 -> gstreamer1.0-plugins-good (>= 0.11.0)
which should make sure you have the videobalance element.

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson