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I am unable to install VLC to my 2S. I receive this error message...

I'm using Tinker Board 2 Debian OS V1.0.7

linaro@linaro-alip:~$ 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-plugin-qt (= 3.0.11-0+deb9u1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
linaro@linaro-alip:~$ 

Thanks...
 

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Tooz... Thanks for your input. However it didn't cure my problem. The TinkerBoard rejected the first line. Below is the result...

 

linaro@linaro-alip:~$ echo "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ buster main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied
linaro@linaro-alip:~$ 

Any further suggestions would be appreciated...

DH

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hello @dead henry

 

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On 9/3/2021 at 11:22 AM, dead henry said:

bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied

 

you'll have to use root level access, so the complete process should be:

sudo su

echo "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ buster main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc
sed -i '/buster/'d /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update

 

let me know if it helps

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Thanks again for your help... I followed your instructions and VLC was installed and it's icon appeared under "Sound and Video". However when I try to play a video VLC will flash on the screen briefly and then promptly disappear. It will play Music (MP3) files, no problem. I uninstalled VLC, then reinstalled it. But there still was no change.

You have probably noticed that I have signed into the forum as "henry dead" rather than my preferred user name of "dead henry"... When signing on to the forum it asked me to "Complete Your Profile"... When I tried to give it my user name of dead henry it told me that name was already in use??? To sign in to the forum I had to create a new account. 

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Thanks again for your help... I followed your instructions and VLC was installed and it's icon appeared under "Sound and Video". However when I try to play a video VLC will flash on the screen briefly and then promptly disappear. It will play Music (MP3) files, no problem. I uninstalled VLC, then reinstalled it. But there still was no change.

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Hi henry dead:

Please try the following

sudo vi /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop
Modify Line 183
Exec=/usr/bin/vlc --started-from-file --gl=none %U

Thanks.
Joe

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