dead henry 0 Posted July 6, 2021 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... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tooz 53 Posted September 2, 2021 hello @dead henry, commands below shall solve the issue: 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dead henry 0 Posted September 3, 2021 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tooz 53 Posted September 9, 2021 hello @dead henry Quote 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
henry dead 0 Posted September 27, 2021 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker Board 2 Posted September 28, 2021 Hi @henry dead, After checked, yes @dead henry has been used. But we think that's because you've already registered with another mail address as acount. Please take a check again. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dead henry 0 Posted October 3, 2021 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe 3 Posted October 19, 2021 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites