Problem while installing vlc player

Don't use the PPA, install vlc from the Ubuntu repositories.

Remove the PPA you have installed:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:videolan/stable-daily

Empty the package cache:
```
sudo apt-get clean
```
Update your package lists:
```
sudo apt-get update
```

Downgrade/install all vlc packages to/in the repository version:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall vlc=2.1.2-2build2 vlc-data=2.1.2-2build2 vlc-nox=2.1.2-2build2 vlc-plugin-notify=2.1.2-2build2 vlc-plugin-pulse=2.1.2-2build2

Depending on your Ubuntu version, you might currently (Nov 20, 2015) get a VLC version up to 2.2.1-3 on Wily (15.10). Older Ubuntu versions might have older VLC versions in their repositories.

You check the versions available for you with the command:

apt-cache policy vlc

An example output on my 15.10 64bit system would be:

vlc:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.2.1-3
  Version table:
     2.2.1-3 0
        500 http://[YOUR REPOSITORY SERVER URL]/ wily/universe amd64 Packages

Problem while installing vlc player

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