[SOLVED] Can't install vlc-player

[DrKosy]

I just upgraded my version from 6.06 to 8.04 and the first fancy thing was, that the vlc-player isn't installed any more. So I thought to reinstall it, but as I type in "sudo apt-get install vlc" it tells me, that this package is somehow referenced but not available any more.
The repositories for "universe" is active so this should not be the problem. But I heard something of security problems using the up-to-date version of VLC so may this be the reason the package is not available at the moment?

[toad]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

try a

sudo apt-get install vlc

and an

apt-cache search vlc

for related packages

[DrKosy]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

As I already tried the apt-get command, I now typed in the apt-cache command. There it lists some programms related to "vlc" but not the media player I searched. So do anyone knows an issue with the repository cause it seems that this programm ist not available at the moment. Or is there anything I can do wrong?

[toad]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

This is my output:

apt-cache search vlc
getstream - DVB streaming application
hdhomerun-config - Configuration utility for Silicon Dust HD HomeRun
libvcdinfo-dev - library to extract information from VideoCD (development files)
libvcdinfo0 - library to extract information from VideoCD
mimms - mms (e.g. mms://) stream downloader
pidgin-mpris - sets your available message to your currently playing track
videolan-doc - documentation for the VideoLAN streaming solution
vls - lightweight MPEG and DVD video streaming server
freeplayer - wrapper around vlc for French ADSL FreeBox
libvlc-dev - development files for VLC
libvlc2 - multimedia player and streamer library
libvlccore-dev - development files for VLC
libvlccore0 - multimedia player and streamer library
mozilla-plugin-vlc - multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
vlc - multimedia player and streamer
vlc-data - Common data for VLC
vlc-dbg - debugging symbols for vlc
vlc-nox - multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
vlc-plugin-arts - aRts audio output plugin for VLC
vlc-plugin-esd - Esound audio output plugin for VLC
vlc-plugin-ggi - GGI video output plugin for VLC
vlc-plugin-jack - Jack audio plugins for VLC
vlc-plugin-pulse - PulseAudio plugin for VLC
vlc-plugin-sdl - SDL video and audio output plugin for VLC
vlc-plugin-svgalib - SVGAlib video output plugin for VLC
x264 - video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
dvd95 - DVD9 to DVD5 converter
mythbuntu-lirc-generator - Mythbuntu Lirc Configuration Generator

If you do not get the same you will need to enable all your repositories - then you will see it

[DrKosy]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

I just checked my sources.list and deleted all the quotation marks in front of the repositories. Than I tried again the command "apt-cache search vlc" and all I got is:

apt-cache search vlc
dvd95 - DVD9 to DVD5 converter
getstream - DVB streaming application
hdhomerun-config - Configuration utility for Silicon Dust HD HomeRun
libvcdinfo-dev - library to extract information from VideoCD (development files)
libvcdinfo0 - library to extract information from VideoCD
mythbuntu-lirc-generator - Mythbuntu Lirc Configuration Generator
pidgin-mpris - sets your available message to your currently playing track
videolan-doc - documentation for the VideoLAN streaming solution
vls - lightweight MPEG and DVD video streaming server


So there are some programms still missing. Could it be that I have to do an reboot or should I add an repository myself?

[toad]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

Whenever you make changes to your sources.list you have to do a

sudo apt-get update

to read in the new packages. If you have done that and are still not getting vlc as an option you will need the medibuntu repository. Either google medibuntu or check Snowhog's how to in this forum to enable it.

That will definitely sort you

[DrKosy]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

it somehow seems that I'm down on my luck
So I now followed the instructions to install the mediabuntu repository and first it all worked well. Only the last "sudo apt-get update" gave me an error message cause some of the Index-Files couldn't be red. I don't know what this means, but in the "apt-cache search vlc" list there are still only the programms I aready posted.
This ist somehow wierd, because after adding this repository adept wanted to update all the installed codec packages which came from my old version of kubuntu. So it seems as there hapened something, but I don't know what...

Edit: I forgot to tell, that I am using the AMD64 libaries, if that's of any interest

[toad]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

How bizarre.

In order to help us help you please post the exact error message you get. After all, it is only a copy and paste job

[Snowhog]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

And let's see your sources.list file. Open a console and type:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Copy and paste the output into your reply.

[DrKosy]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

Here is my sources.list:

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.

deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
# deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe

I edited out some of the comments but that shouldn't hurt.
By the way: I already tried to add the medibuntu by hand but that didn't worked as well. But I'm still hopeful that one of your amazing guys could help me

[Snowhog]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

By the way: I already tried to add the medibuntu by hand but that didn't worked as well. But I'm still hopeful that one of your amazing guys could help me

You can add the medibuntu repository by following my HOWTO: Add the Medibuntu Repository and GPG Key

[toad]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

You need to enable your multiverse repository - now I know

@ Snowhog

Do you per chance know how to find out from the command line which repo a package is in?

[Snowhog]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

Do you per chance know how to find out from the command line which repo a package is in?

I was looking to see if I could find that out. I'm not completely sure that that info is recorded with package info, but ...

[DrKosy]

Re: Can't install vlc-player

@toad: That have done the trick
I now installed the multiverse packages like discribed at http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=6189.0 and now installed vlc via the adept-package manager and it worked very well. So many thanks for your help!
And of cause many thanks to snowhog for his great howto about the medibuntu repository!!

Now my only problem is, that the sound dosen't work, but this is another topic...