VLC installation problem on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Solution 1:
Try this:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
then run:
sudo apt-get install vlc
you should get this output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
fonts-freefont-ttf libaacs0 libbasicusageenvironment0 libbluray1 libcddb2
libcrystalhd3 libdvbpsi8 libebml4 libgnutls28 libgroupsock1 libhogweed2
libiso9660-8 liblivemedia23 liblua5.2-0 libmatroska6 libpostproc52
libproxy-tools libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2 libsdl1.2debian
libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libtar0 libupnp6 libusageenvironment1 libva-x11-1
libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore7 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-randr0 vlc-data
vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
Suggested packages:
libbluray-bdj firmware-crystalhd gnutls-bin videolan-doc
Recommended packages:
libdvdcss2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fonts-freefont-ttf libaacs0 libbasicusageenvironment0 libbluray1 libcddb2
libcrystalhd3 libdvbpsi8 libebml4 libgnutls28 libgroupsock1 libhogweed2
libiso9660-8 liblivemedia23 liblua5.2-0 libmatroska6 libpostproc52
libproxy-tools libresid-builder0c2a libsdl-image1.2 libsdl1.2debian
libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libtar0 libupnp6 libusageenvironment1 libva-x11-1
libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore7 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-randr0 vlc vlc-data
vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
0 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 63.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
That should get VLC installed.
If you still get an error instead, then please post back the output.
Also post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list.
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Another alternative, is to show us the content in /var/lib/apt/lists/:
open a command prompt Ctrl+Alt+T
cd /var/lib/apt/lists/
ls
Is your 14.04 install a fresh install, or was in an upgrade from a previous version of Ubuntu?