When I ran: sudo apt-get install vlc
- I got:
ravan@ravan:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc
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 (= 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.2.1~trusty1 is to be installed
Depends: libvlccore7 (>= 2.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.2.1~trusty1 is to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
ravan@ravan:~$ apt-cache policy vlc-nox
vlc-nox:
Installed: 2.2.1~trusty1
Candidate: 2.2.1~trusty1
Version table:
*** 2.2.1~trusty1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
2.1.2-2build2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
ravan@ravan:~$ apt-cache policy libvlccore7
libvlccore7:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1
Version table:
2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.1.2-2build2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
ravan@ravan:~$ sudo apt-get install libvlccore7
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:
libvlccore7 : Depends: vlc-data (= 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.2.1~trusty1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
ravan@ravan:~$ apt-cache policy vlc-data
vlc-data:
Installed: 2.2.1~trusty1
Candidate: 2.2.1~trusty1
Version table:
*** 2.2.1~trusty1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
2.1.2-2build2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages