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I use VLC a lot. And when 2.0 came out Ubuntu did not update to that version, the REPO had the older version even months later, So I added the daily repo:

http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu and that worked for a while, after a few months later I received a 'Distribution upgrade'

and when I installed it, it removed VLC. when I tried to re-install it gave me a bunch of unmet dependency's, so I disabled the source, ran apt-get update, and tried to install the older VLC, that did not work either. I eventually found a web page, and it helped me get it working, and I was also able to get the 'Stable Daily' working too

But last night, I got another 'distro upgrade' and it uninstalled VLC again. when I try to reinstall from daily I get:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 vlc : Depends: fonts-freefont-ttf but it is not installable
       Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.3+git20121005+r392-0~r42~precise1) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: libvlccore5 (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.0.3+git20121005+r392-0~r42~precise1) but it is not going to be installed
       Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.0.3+git20121005+r392-0~r42~precise1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

and from the default source:

vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: libvlccore5 (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.0.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
 vlc-plugin-pulse : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: libvlccore5 (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be    installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Any ideas? I am using ubuntu 12.04 64bit.

jokerdino
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David matthews
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Apparently upon looking, vlc-data was still installed on the system. Even after running:

sudo apt-get remove --purge vlc

and

sudo apt-get remove --purge vlc*

No idea why this happened.

I then ran: 

sudo apt-get remove --purge vlc-data

I then disabled the PPA for VLC, and installed the one in the standard repository. Then I re-enabled the source and was able to update to 2.0.3.

jokerdino
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David matthews
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Happened to me also with ppa:n-muench/vlc

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get install vlc
paed808
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Disable third-party repositories. Maybe the Sopcast player repositories are to blame.

Eliah Kagan
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den4ik
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  • I disabled 'Independent' and still no luck. some other media sources I have are KdenLive, miro, and handbrake. Would any of thous cause a problem? – David matthews Oct 06 '12 at 17:48
  • Yes. Just disable all sources of PPA. And do sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade – den4ik Oct 06 '12 at 18:11
  • ok, so i disabled everything but main, and universe. and it is still not working:

    e following packages have unmet dependencies: vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.1-4) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libvlccore5 (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.0.1-4) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.0.1-4) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

     – David matthews Oct 06 '12 at 18:32
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Purge it from your computer and then re-install it. 

sudo apt-get remove --purge vlc

Once that is done install it again.

sudo apt-get install vlc
lordqwerty
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

for Mint 17 & 17.1

Byte Commander
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Jon
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