Ubuntu – VLC installation problem on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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This is the error I am getting while installing VLC media player on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, kindly help me with it, because I want to run my videos and audios on Ubuntu as well

Best Answer

Try this:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

then run:

sudo apt-get install vlc

you should get this output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  fonts-freefont-ttf libaacs0 libbasicusageenvironment0 libbluray1 libcddb2
  libcrystalhd3 libdvbpsi8 libebml4 libgnutls28 libgroupsock1 libhogweed2
  libiso9660-8 liblivemedia23 liblua5.2-0 libmatroska6 libpostproc52
  libproxy-tools libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2 libsdl1.2debian
  libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libtar0 libupnp6 libusageenvironment1 libva-x11-1
  libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore7 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-randr0 vlc-data
  vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
Suggested packages:
  libbluray-bdj firmware-crystalhd gnutls-bin videolan-doc
Recommended packages:
  libdvdcss2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fonts-freefont-ttf libaacs0 libbasicusageenvironment0 libbluray1 libcddb2
  libcrystalhd3 libdvbpsi8 libebml4 libgnutls28 libgroupsock1 libhogweed2
  libiso9660-8 liblivemedia23 liblua5.2-0 libmatroska6 libpostproc52
  libproxy-tools libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2 libsdl1.2debian
  libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libtar0 libupnp6 libusageenvironment1 libva-x11-1
  libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore7 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-randr0 vlc vlc-data
  vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
0 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 63.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

That should get VLC installed.

If you still get an error instead, then please post back the output.

Also post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list.

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Another alternative, is to show us the content in /var/lib/apt/lists/:

open a command prompt Ctrl+Alt+T

cd /var/lib/apt/lists/
ls

Is your 14.04 install a fresh install, or was in an upgrade from a previous version of Ubuntu?

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