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misha
Asked: 2016-03-10 13:45:54 +0800 CST

Can't install VLC. Package dependencies cannot be resolved

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I'm unable to install VLC media player (better to say, reinstall because it seems like VLC just vanished after I experienced an error trying to install additional video codecs). When I try to do that via the Ubuntu Software Center, it says that package dependencies cannot be resolved. Here's a picture of that:

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This happened after I tried to open a video file in Ubuntu's default video player Videos which asked me to install additional video codecs or such (which was not successful, by the way). After that, my VLC player seems to have all but disappeared from the system. And now, I can't open files with Videos either. The program asks for additional packages which it is, again, unable to install.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Maybe you have duplicate repository. I suggest you to do this command

    sudo apt-get install -f

    Then be sure VLC is fully uninstalled

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge vlc
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/vlc

    And reinstall it

    sudo apt-get install vlc

    I hope it helped.

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