'your configuration may be broken'

[Stosskraft]

Hey, it looks like everything is fixed:

yanek@yanek-HP-G42-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc[sudo] password for yanek: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libvlc5 libvlccore5 vlc-data vlc-nox
  vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
Suggested packages:
  videolan-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libvlc5 libvlccore5 vlc vlc-data vlc-nox
  vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 38.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe vlc-data all 2.0.1-4 [8,289 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe libvlccore5 amd64 2.0.1-4 [418 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe libvlc5 amd64 2.0.1-4 [45.5 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe vlc-nox amd64 2.0.1-4 [2,768 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe vlc amd64 2.0.1-4 [1,360 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe vlc-plugin-notify amd64 2.0.1-4 [6,162 B]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe vlc-plugin-pulse amd64 2.0.1-4 [20.7 kB]
Fetched 12.9 MB in 36s (354 kB/s)                
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-data.
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Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up vlc-data (2.0.1-4) ...
Setting up libvlccore5 (2.0.1-4) ...
Setting up libvlc5 (2.0.1-4) ...
Setting up vlc-nox (2.0.1-4) ...
Setting up vlc (2.0.1-4) ...
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Setting up vlc-plugin-pulse (2.0.1-4) ...
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ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
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          You have to configure "localepurge" with the command


              dpkg-reconfigure localepurge


          to make /usr/sbin/localepurge actually start to function.


          Nothing to be done, exiting ...


yanek@yanek-HP-G42-Notebook-PC:~$ ^C

Can someone walk me through local purge also? I mean how do I select the language I want went in the 'DOS' looking screen. I am embarrassed to ask, but what button I do I press?

I also notice the error on the update manager is gone.

Thank you again everyone

[Snowhog]

Part of the description of the package localepurge:

Please note, that this tool is a hack which is *not* integrated with
Debian's package management system and therefore is not for the faint
of heart. This program interferes with the Debian package management
and does provoke strange, but usually harmless, behaviour of programs
related with apt/dpkg like dpkg-repack, reportbug, etc.
Responsibility for its usage and possible breakage of your system
therefore lies in the sysadmin's (your) hands.

I would suggest uninstalling the package:

sudo apt-get remove --purge localepurge

[SteveRiley]

Glad we could help you get your VLC fixed.

Regarding localepurge, it's a part of my standard build process; it's never caused a problem for me. It trims several hundred megabytes of foreign-language man pages, mostly.

Follow the configuration prompts:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure localepurge

I always answer "no" to the "Use accurate free space calculation?" question -- the speed difference is noticable.

Perform the initial run:

sudo localepurge

Now, whenever apt-get installs a package, localepurge will examine installed files and delete all the locales you didn't specify during configuration.

[Stosskraft]

I have used bleahbit to clean up my system. Does it also do the same thing as local purge?



Thanks

[SteveRiley]

I have used bleahbit to clean up my system. Does it also do the same thing as local purge?

No. Check

apt-cache show bleachbit

for a description of what this tool does.

[JontheEchidna]

I should note that the use of BleachBit is not recommended as it can crash various parts of KDE: http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blo...use-bleachbit/

[SteveRiley]

... BleachBit is not recommended as it can crash various parts of KDE ...

Hm, I didn't realize BleachBit has the potential to be that destructive. I played around with it a bit when I was first learning Ubuntu and concluded that it really wasn't too useful.

I loved Martin's response to the developer who suggested KDE was broken because it didn't properly support his baby

[Snowhog]

Glad we could help you get your VLC fixed.

Regarding localepurge, it's a part of my standard build process; it's never caused a problem for me. It trims several hundred megabytes of foreign-language man pages, mostly.

Follow the configuration prompts:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure localepurge

I always answer "no" to the "Use accurate free space calculation?" question -- the speed difference is noticable.

Perform the initial run:

sudo localepurge

Now, whenever apt-get installs a package, localepurge will examine installed files and delete all the locales you didn't specify during configuration.

Your commentary is good enough for me. Package localepurge installed.