iLinK Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I have the recent ubuntu installed, but I have no internet on that computer. How do I install VLC ? I tried: $sudo apt-get install vlc gives me a prompt for pwd, I enter and says: no package found in E: or somthing like that :( Any help is appreciated. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted December 26, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2008 If there is no internet connection, it can't download vlc to install it. I think that is the problem. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 If there is no internet connection, it can't download vlc to install it. I think that is the problem. :yes: He he I would agree with you! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMartian Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Well, you could try downloading the nightly .deb (install) files for ubuntu from: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/intrepid-i386/arch/ assuming you are using intrepid (8.10). Edit: from another PC with internet, of course :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLinK Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 I tried the command when I still had internet on it. Still gives me that error. I guess I forgot to add a universal repos. (don't remember). :) Now, I don't have internet on it, and was wondering how to go about it (couldn't find any *.deb packages). But thanks GreenMartian for the link. appreciated mate ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I tried the command when I still had internet on it. Still gives me that error. I guess I forgot to add a universal repos. (don't remember). :) Now, I don't have internet on it, and was wondering how to go about it (couldn't find any *.deb packages). But thanks GreenMartian for the link. appreciated mate ;) I also tried to install VLC on my new install of Ubuntu 8.10 64Bit edition and tried what you tried and actually also got the same problem! (My PC is connected to the internet, so no problem there.) All I did was use the Synaptic Package Manager and it installed no problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted December 26, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2008 For the record, I have main, restricted, multiverse, and universe enabled (and wine and openoffice and medibuntu). I had no trouble with a sudo apt-get install vlc. I agree with Farstrider that I can also see vlc in Synaptic. Since I installed via apt-get and that worked, it does show up in Synaptic as being installed. As for GreenMartian's advice, it seems the best. Here is the instruction page for installing online directly (but you already know this : http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html ). The good thing there is that it tells you the other files you'll want to install along with vlc. The deb is there, as GM said, http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/intrep...1127-4_i386.deb Also, the other files, minus libdvdcss2, are there. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMartian Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I also tried to install VLC on my new install of Ubuntu 8.10 64Bit edition and tried what you tried and actually also got the same problem! (My PC is connected to the internet, so no problem there.) All I did was use the Synaptic Package Manager and it installed no problem! Yeah, VLC is part of multiverse. Maybe somehow running synaptic the first time enables multiverse? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted December 26, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2008 Yeah, VLC is part of multiverse. Maybe somehow running synaptic the first time enables multiverse? :unsure: Interesting point. I'm about to install Ubuntu 8.10 on another machine and will check for verification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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