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I do not know why Ubuntu Software Center does not download VLC for me. when i click on VLC player it displays a pop-up and says 

**Package Dependencies can not be resolved**
"This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are
 missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between 
 software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time."
muru
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Sayed Fakhir Shah
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    Please open a terminal window (e. g. gnome-terminal), run the command sudo apt-get install vlc, and report back with the output of that command. From that we should know more about the cause of the issue. Also please [edit] your question if you provide that command output or any other additional info, because it's a lot easier to have everything in one place than scattered throughout the comment section. – David Foerster Feb 09 '15 at 22:36
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    Tried sudo apt-get install vlc in terminal window but at the end it says Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – Sayed Fakhir Shah Feb 10 '15 at 00:04
  • run apt-cache policy vlc & post. Maybe you added a ppa? – doug Feb 10 '15 at 00:06
  • @SayedFakhirShah: That's a start. Run sudo apt-get install -f to try to fix the held broken packages issue (or get more info on what's wrong) and post its output – the whole output this time please. You can select and copy terminal content with the mouse pointer. – David Foerster Feb 10 '15 at 00:11
  • diyan@Shah-G:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. diyan@Shah-G:~$ – Sayed Fakhir Shah Feb 10 '15 at 00:19

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try out sudo apt-get install vlc. Using apt-get can be more reliable than the software center sometimes

sam
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Try doing a fresh install of vlc. sudo apt-get remove vlc. Then sudo apt-get install vlc.

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