VLC Media Player Install Failed

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

I tried to install VLC Media Player by adding ppa:c-korn/vlc to Software Sources and installing from Ubuntu Software Center, but got this message:

Package dependencies cannot be resolved

This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time.

Am I doing something wrong? (Most likely).

[alexfish]

Hi

do it direct from synaptic

look for VLC


If You Have Pulse Audio then You will Need VLC-Plugin-Pulse Via Synaptic

Also install libsdl1.2debian-all


This The Site For Video land RE:Ubuntu Check out what you May need

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html

You will also Need libdvdcs2

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

I got the same message in Synaptic.

[alexfish]

I got the same message in Synaptic.

Did you upgrade Or Clean Install

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

I did a clean install of 9.10.

[mc4man]

You should probably ck. and see that all the 'Ubuntu Software' sources are enabled in System -> Admin. -> Software Sources. The first 4 under Ubuntu Software, and the first 2 under 'Updates'. ( If you had to enable any of them then click close and reload.
Otherwise or then try just running (post complete output if vlc doesn't install

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

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

I got:
dave89@dave89-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/main Translation-en_AU
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5) karmic/restricted Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_AU
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release [66.0kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]
Fetched 308B in 2min 0s (3B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY D739676F7613768D
W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:388:30bc:cafe::beef 80]

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
vlc: Depends: vlc-nox (= 1.0.3-1~ppa1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4.5.1) but it is not installable
Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4.5.1) but it is not installable
Depends: libsdl-image1.2 (>= 1.2.5) but it is not installable
Depends: libtar but it is not installable
Depends: libx264-67 (>= 1:0.svn20090502) but it is not installable
Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 1.0.3-1~ppa1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
dave89@dave89-laptop:~$


I didn't have to enable anything in Software Sources

[mc4man]

Try opening software sources and pick another server, either use the main server (should be fine) or pick 'other' -> "select best server"
( also on the main software sources page make sure the cdrom source is disabled

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

Tried that, used the http://mirror.upm.edu.my/ubuntu, which was selected as best server, still same message.

EDIT: I downloaded vlc_0.9.4-1ubuntu3_ i386.deb directly from http://mirror.upm.edu.my/ubuntu double clicked on the archive, and got this message:

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: vlc-nox (= 0.9.4-1ubuntu3)

Also when trying to download PulseAudio plugin for VLC I get:

"Could not mark all packages for installation or upgrade
The following packages have unresolvable dependencies. Make sure that all required repositories are added and enabled in the preferences.

vlc-plugin-pulse:
Depends: vlc-nox but it is not going to be installed"

I tried to install vlc-nox, but got this:

"Could not mark all packages for installation or upgrade
The following packages have unresolvable dependencies. Make sure that all required repositories are added and enabled in the preferences.

vlc-nox:
Depends: liba52-0.7.4 but it is not installable
Depends: libass3 (>=0.9.6-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libavcodec52 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or
libavcodec-extra-52 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libavformat52 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or
libavformat-extra-52 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libavutil49 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or
libavutil-extra-49 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libdca0 but it is not installable
Depends: libdvbpsi5 but it is not installable
Depends: libdvdnav4 (>=4.1.3) but it is not installable
Depends: libdvdread4 (>=4.1.3) but it is not installable
Depends: libebml0 but it is not installable
Depends: libfaad0 (>=2.6.1) but it is not installable
Depends: liblua5.1-0 but it is not installable
Depends: libmad0 (>=0.15.1b-3) but it is not installable
Depends: libmatroska0 but it is not installable
Depends: libmodplug0c2 (>=1:0.7-4.1) but it is not installable
Depends: libmpcdec3 but it is not installable
Depends: libmpeg2-4 but it is not installable
Depends: libpostproc51 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or
libpostproc-extra-51 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libschroedinger-1.0-0 (>=1.0.7) but it is not installable
Depends: libswscale0 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or
libswscale-extra-0 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libtwolame0 but it is not installable
Depends: libvcdinfo0 (>0.7.23) but it is not installable"

[mc4man]

Possibly similar situation..?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1312561

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

It does sound similar, I do have trouble updating and installing applications.

I typed in
sudo apt-get update
in the terminal: this is what I got:

dave89@dave89-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for dave89:
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_AU
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release [66.0kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release [44.1kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com karmic/partner Sources
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release [44.1kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages [190kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages [5,133kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages [113kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages [3,041B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages [64.4kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages [37.5kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages [1,666B]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages [14.1kB]
Fetched 5,646kB in 2min 33s (36.7kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY D739676F7613768D
dave89@dave89-laptop:~$

[mc4man]

Dave - wish I knew more about networking ect. , but don't.

A few observations - the errors in post7 match the link exactly, in that case 2 posters resolved with router firmware updates.
On the other hand I've noticed people having issues from au servers fairly frequently, switching to the 'main' server has helped.

The command you ran in posts 7 and 11 are the same (sudo apt-get update), but on post 11 it succeeded., and if it had been followed by a sudo apt-get install vlc command it may have worked.

From reading some other pages on the basic error seen in post 7 (Network is unreachable), it also could be something in your network settings.(vs. the router or server used

Hopefully someone who knows more in this area will assist you.

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

I did the sudo apt-get install vlc command in terminal, got VLC installed, but while it plays audio CD's just fine, it won't play DVD's. I think it most likely needs a plugin, but I'm not sure which one, or where to look. Perhaps Synaptic?

[mc4man]

some progress..

it won't play DVD's
Run this in a terminal, it will install libdvdcss2


sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

Then try a dvd again. (sometimes in karmic a restart is needed when installing codecs, ect.

If no good then start vlc like this for starters and see whatshows up ( will keep output to a min


vlc dvd://

[..::| Dave89 |::..]

It works now, although it has lower volume than the audio CD I was playing. I'm going to look through my previous thread about low volume in VLC and see if I can fix it.

I changed the download server in Software Sources from Server in Australia to Main Server, now I can download software. I couldn't download anything before, now I can.

[mc4man]

I'm going to look through my previous thread about low volume in VLC and see if I can fix it.

I generally find vlc has the best volume output of the media players, in karmic i use the pulseaudio output in vlc's settings, typically the vlc level is 90 - 100%, master at 75%

Historically though dvd movies have a lower volume output than other media, even on standalone hardware dvd players.



Edit; those values where for a laptop, on desktop with decent 5.1 they're lower, (70% or less), the external control takes care of volume