VLC was working fine until I upgraded to 15.04. When I try to install via Software Centre, I get this error message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
vlc: Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.2.0-1) but 2.2.0+ppa2.4 is to be installed
Depends: libavcodec-extra-56 (>= 6:11.2) but 6:11.2-1 is to be installed
Depends: libavutil54 (>= 6:11~beta1) but 6:11.2-1 is to be installed
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16) but 2.21-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: libegl1-x11 but it is a virtual package
Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) but 2.5.2-2ubuntu3 is to be installed
Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:5.1~rc1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: libgles1 but it is a virtual package
Depends: libgles2 but it is a virtual package
Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3~ubuntu6 is to be installed
Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3~ubuntu6 is to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.9) but 4.9.2-10ubuntu13 is to be installed
Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3) but 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu1 is to be installed
And via Terminal:
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 resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.2.0-1) but 2.2.0+ppa2.4 is to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.2.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-samba (= 2.2.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
When I do dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
it appears that no packages are being held
When I do dpkg --get-selections | grep vlc
it shows this:
libvlc5 install
libvlccore8 install
vlc-data install
vlc-nox install
Also when I try to remove it via Terminal it says it is not installed and therefore cannot be removed. I have also tried the daily release videolan ppa with the same unfortunate results. How can I get my good old VLC back? Thanks for your help!
sudo apt-get update
after you add the vlc ppa – Apr 26 '15 at 07:04apt-cache policy vlc
in your question. – A.B. Apr 26 '15 at 08:41