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**Jimmy.P** · Jun 22, 2014, 03:55 AM

Looks like you have added the mirror for debian.
What if you run the

Code:

sudo apt-get install -f

Will this correct your errors?

The mirror universe is in the apt-mirror package.

Code:

sudo apt-get install apt-mirror

The file mozilla-plugin-vlc is not there anymore.

**Bumpalot** · Jun 22, 2014, 04:52 AM

Thanks for your reply!
Mirror installed OK
VNC Viewer for Google Chrome won't load:
Message: Failed to load NaCl plug-in. Try disabling chrome://extensions that block ads or similar.
Completed this....

Result of sudo apt-get update:

Code:

W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2836CB0A8AC93F7A
W: Failed to fetch http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian/dists/stable/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found [IP: 88.191.250.9 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 88.191.250.9 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 88.191.250.9 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
bumpy@bumpyputer:~$

What now?

**NickStone** · Jun 22, 2014, 05:20 AM

If it's VLC you want to install and run, surely you can simply download it from the standard repository in ubuntu without having to add extra repositories from Debian or the PPA's?

**Bumpalot** · Jun 22, 2014, 06:00 AM

This is why I use Help-the-New-Guy: Am 80 years young so I need all the help I can get!!!
I was following the instructions from:
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentat...ng_VLC/#Debian
Current Install:
Software & Updates:
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main (Source Code)

What is the procedure to uninstall what I have now, & install the standard Ubuntu repository?

**oshunluvr** · Jun 22, 2014, 02:00 PM

Just some general advice:

If you're looking for a program, try the software installer first.
If you're on a web page that offers a program you want or need that's not in the installer, use the instructions for Ubuntu when offered, not Debian. Kubuntu is based on Ubuntu, not Debian.

**NickStone** · Jun 22, 2014, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by Bumpalot View Post

This is why I use Help-the-New-Guy: Am 80 years young so I need all the help I can get!!!
I was following the instructions from:
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentat...ng_VLC/#Debian
Current Install:
Software & Updates:
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main (Source Code)

What is the procedure to uninstall what I have now, & install the standard Ubuntu repository?

To install vlc from ubuntu repository within the terminal

Code:

sudo apt-get install vlc

Or run Muon search for vlc then select it then install.

@oshunluvr a little correction, Kubuntu is Ubuntu with the plasma-desktop and is based on Debian

**oshunluvr** · Jun 23, 2014, 08:46 AM

Originally posted by NickStone View Post

@oshunluvr a little correction, Kubuntu is Ubuntu with the plasma-desktop and is based on Debian

I respectfully disagree.
From Distro watch:

Kubuntu is a free, user-friendly Linux distribution based on KDE's desktop software and on the award-winning Ubuntu operating system

From Wiki:

Kubuntu (/k uː ˈ b uː n t uː /koo-boon-too) is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system which uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems, every package in Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu,^[3] and it is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu.^[4] It is possible (but neither practical nor efficient) to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop (kubuntu-desktop) and the Unity desktop (ubuntu-desktop) on the same machine.
Kubuntu was sponsored by Canonical Ltd. until 2012, and thereafter by Blue Systems. During the changeover, Kubuntu retained the use of Ubuntu project servers and existing developers.^[5]

Debian may supply some packages and technology, but Kubuntu is not "based" on Debian. Ubuntu is based on Debian, but is greatly modified from that base and has many packages that are not available from Debian. Kubuntu comes from (is based on) Ubuntu and has KDE desktop added and Unity and Gnome removed.

I realize we're arguing semantics of the use of the word "based", but from a new user standpoint it is important to know that given a choice of an Ubuntu package vs. a Debian package or installation method, one should always select the Ubuntu package/installation method over Debian.

You could also correctly state that Kubuntu is based on Linux but that's not very helpful when faced with a half-a-dozen installation choices. I doubt you would advise a new user to compile a package themselves when a pre-compiled Ubuntu package was readily available. That was and is the point I am making. The set of packages on which Kubuntu is based come directly from Ubuntu, not Debian, therefore the most correct selection is the Ubuntu package/method over a Debian offering.

**vinnywright** · Jun 23, 2014, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by Bumpalot View Post

This is why I use Help-the-New-Guy: Am 80 years young so I need all the help I can get!!!
I was following the instructions from:
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentat...ng_VLC/#Debian
Current Install:
Software & Updates:
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian stable main (Source Code)

What is the procedure to uninstall what I have now, & install the standard Ubuntu repository?

remove/comment out the 2 debian sources you added from your source list ,,,,,,,remove/purge any VLC stuff you have installed ,,,,,,,, now make sure you ave the universe repo enabled then just

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc

VINNY

**SteveRiley** · Jun 28, 2014, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post

I realize we're arguing semantics of the use of the word "based", but from a new user standpoint it is important to know that given a choice of an Ubuntu package vs. a Debian package or installation method, one should always select the Ubuntu package/installation method over Debian.

Correct.

While we're at it, here's how the distros describe themselves:

Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian
Kubuntu is a recognized flavor of Ubuntu

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