VLC installation problem


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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.

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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:

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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 ;)

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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!

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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!

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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:

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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!

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