Ubuntu – How to watch Acestream / Sopcast Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

updated - PPA has been updated with oneiric support - no longer need to edit software sources with natty repo

to install

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/sopcast

Run in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sopcast-player

Note - see this bug report for 64bit workaround if required.

The start sopcast:

As the following link by Vidyo suggests,

https://support.vidyocloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/226103528-VidyoDesktop-3-6-3-for-Linux-and-Ubuntu-15-04-and-higher

one just needs to eliminate dependency on libqt4-gui (again, this case is already mentioned in previous answers but this is yet another approach.)

If I may, let me copy the solution from the above link and paste it here. I just made changes in the 3rd and 4th steps where I mention using vim editor instead of nano.

1) Download the VidyoDesktop .deb file to your home directory

2) Run the following commands from the terminal (replacing "vidyodesktop.deb" with the exact filename according to your system type)

$ cd ~
$ dpkg-deb -x vidyodesktop.deb vidyobuild
$ dpkg-deb --control vidyodesktop.deb vidyobuild/DEBIAN

3) Edit the package control file

$ vim vidyobuild/DEBIAN/control

Replace the entire Depends: line by copying and pasting the following:

Depends: libxss1,libaudio2,libasound2,libqt4-network

This removes the libqt4-gui transitional package dependency which is no longer required for recent Ubuntu versions

4) Save the customized .deb file

esc

:wq

enter

$ dpkg-deb -b vidyobuild vidyodesktop-custom.deb

5) Install the new VidyoDesktop .deb file by running

$ sudo dpkg -i vidyodesktop-custom.deb

[EDIT: Vidyo desktop works only in wifi mode. If the LAN cable is connected, then Vidyo shuts down. I haven't found a solution to this problem yet. But rest is working!]