Updating Emulation Station fails on vlc install

[MileSacul]

Re: 4.3 can not update
Re: 4.3 can’t update via RetroPie menu
Re: Problems Updating to 4.3

Finally got around to updating my pi to Raspbian Stretch using the instructions from How to upgrade Debian 8 Jessie to Debian 9 Stretch
After doing the upgrade, I was unable to start Emulation Station due to a failed dependency.

Found out the issue was because vlc failed to install. I was able to find a fix for this by running sudo aptitude install vlc, but using this might be difficult for beginners.

Basically, it recommended that I downgrade libvlccore-dev, libvlccore8, and vlc-data to 2.2.6-1~deb9u1+rpi1.

If you want to go the easy route, I developed a vlcFix.sh file that you can run with this command:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lashower/RetroPieWebConsole/master/vlcFix.sh | bash -

[mitu]

@milesacul The recommended way to upgrade is to use a new image, not to upgrade in place. I think that even the Raspbian guys don't support this option

Upgrading an existing Jessie image is possible, but is not guaranteed to work in every circumstance. If you wish to try upgrading a Jessie image to Stretch, we strongly recommend taking a backup first – we can accept no responsibility for loss of data from a failed update.

[COOL_IRON]

I've encountered this problem myself.
All you have to do is remove the dependencies for vlc