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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 vlc : Depends: vlc-plugin-video-output (= 2.2.4-13) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

This is what I am running into. To be honest, I'm new to Ubuntu and to Linux in general so any help would be very much appreciated.

W: The repository 'zppa.launchpad.net/ed10vi86/video/ubuntu zesty Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: The repository 'zppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu zesty Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch zppa.launchpad.net/ed10vi86/video/ubuntu/dists/zesty/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Failed to fetch zppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu/dists/zesty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
TRiG
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hyperien
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  • You should check the output of sudo apt-get update, something is wrong with the repositories. – mikewhatever May 26 '17 at 16:10
  • thats what im seeing from that put a z infront of the links it wouldnt let me post them lol – hyperien May 26 '17 at 16:41
  • Is that all, or have you copied just the end? You should have a lot more output with standard repositories of main, restricted, updated, universe, multiverse, etc. If that's all, open Software Properties and select a mirror close to your location. https://askubuntu.com/a/37825/20054 – mikewhatever May 26 '17 at 17:25
  • https://pastebin.com/cmgtpSBT – hyperien May 26 '17 at 18:29
  • thats the whole output – hyperien May 26 '17 at 18:29
  • Let us see your sources list: cat /etc/apt/sources.list. Also, a look at the https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/ubuntu/stable-daily reveals zero packages for 17.04. I'd recommend removing it with sudo ppa-purge ppa:videolan/stable-daily. – mikewhatever May 27 '17 at 08:03

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You can install VLC with snap. It seems to fit since you have a dependency problem.

snap install vlc

Edit :

As pointed in this thread, if your files are stored on a dedicated drive you may want to install VLC with the --classic flag.

snap install --classic vlc

I've just tried without --classic and ran into permission problems accessing files from my second hard drive in VLC. The flag made the trick. Thought it could be useful to point.

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