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naveen15
January 9th, 2016, 09:24 AM
Hi,
To install ffmpeg followed these commands :-


sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

After running these commands I get error :-

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ffmpeg is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ffmpeg' has no installation candidate

Please help me on this.

Thanks in Advance

kc1di
January 9th, 2016, 12:06 PM
The error your getting means that ffmpeg file is not in the ppa's repository. however I found it in the restricted repositories , make sure you have the restricted repositories enabled and run the install again.


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

should work then.

(note: if you have not already done so I recommend that you install synaptic package manager
sudo apt-get install synaptic Then use that to install the other files. )

naveen15
January 10th, 2016, 02:55 PM
When I run command :- sudo apt-get install synaptic

I get this following output

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package synaptic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'synaptic' has no installation candidate


and when I run command :- sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

output is :-

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ubuntu-restricted-extras


Please help me..

kansasnoob
January 10th, 2016, 02:57 PM
You should purge that ppa. Please read:

https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/trusty-media

Specifically:


Please note that if using this ppa I would *not* try upgrading to 14.10/15.04, ect. Do a fresh install instead. The intent here is just for users wishing to stay on 14.04