![]() I did try and help myself and perhaps the answer was here but I could not find it. I can hear the laughter but am new and lost here guys. At least the owner should have read and write permission (-rw- as a minimum)īut have not yet figured out how to change drives and who knows what "dirs -clpv" does - NOT ME and I was too timid to try (and create another problem - no thanks). At least the owner should have read and write permission (-rw- as a minimum).įor files rwx are for read, write, or execute. A dir with drwx- would only have permissions for the owner.įor files rwx are for read, write, or execute. The 2nd group of letters, typically r-x would be permissions for group, and 3rd set would be for others. Ls -l (small L for long listing) or ls -al (to also show hidden files)įor a dir the first letter will be d then rwx would indicate if it has read/write permission for the owner, but x for a directory is not for execute permission, it means that you can access the dir for a directory listing. To see if directories or files have write permission in Linux from a terminal in a particular directory you can do: You might try the following to attempt to fix broken packages:Īre you running Ubuntu from a separate partition, or did you use Wubi to install it within a Windows partition? The latter may make a difference if you are saying that Windows files are showing as "read only" when you boot Windows. I do not know if there is any relevance here but in windows (I have dual boot) I have seen today that all my files folders etc have suddenly bee marked Read Only ( and it does not seem to want to change that attribute).Ĭould the Ubuntu stuff somehow also have become read only? How do I check this and if it is how do I change it back? I decided not waste my time and yours trying to install VLC again as one refusal a night is enough for me. ![]() AVI file and was told it needed a plugin so I agreed to install what it wantedĪnd then when it tried to do whatever it does the same old box came up - " So I trustingly went off and clicked on an. I followed your first link and was told the packages were aleady installed. Hopefully this gets you back where you want to be!Afraid not. Done Some packages could not be installed. ![]() Done Building dependency tree Reading state information. Then I tried to run the second line, which gives me following output: Reading package lists. Sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc The first command is executed without problems. Or, if you are tired of links, you can open up a console and type: You can manually get the packages needed following the advice here: Hello, I tried installing vlc on ubuntu using 'sudo apt-get install vlc' with the terminal, but it says 'E: Coudn't find package Vlc. Then if the package manager is still giving you grief trying to install vlc. Heres a simple guide to get these (its in step three): You can find VLC version in About section under help menu.Ĭongratulation’s! you have successfully installed the VLC media player on Ubuntu.The first step would be get the codecs needed for mp3/avi/wmp play. To start VLC player use GUI icon or use the following command to start it and enjoy audio/videos. ![]() Then install vlc snap package on your system. But still, you can install vlc using the snap packages on Ubuntu systems.įirst install Snapd daemon on your system via apt: sudo apt install snap -y The Ubuntu default apt repositories contains older vlc version. Login to your Ubuntu Desktop and upgrade the current packages to latest version. If you wish to install the traditional deb package, it is available as usual via APT, with all security. You need to make sure that you have a 'universe' mirror in your /etc/apt/sources.list. This allows us to distribute latest and greatest VLC versions directly to end users, with security and critical bug fixes, full codec and optical media support. You must have root or sudo privileged user with Desktop access. VLC for Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions is packaged using snapcraft. sudo apt install vlc At any point in the future, if you wish to uninstall VLC, run: sudo apt remove vlc To install VLC on Fedora/CentOS or any other RHEL-based distro, you'll have to first enable the Free and Non-free RPM Fusion repositories. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. VLC is the most popular media player for Linux-based systems as well as for windows. sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc libdvdcss2. ![]()
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