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Using Kali linux, trying to open mp4 files gives me a message that reads "Unable to play the file: text/html decoder is required to play the file but is not installed"
I decided to try to get vlc, however the package can not be found.
apt-get install vlc returns "E: Unable to locate the package vlc"
I read another thread which suggested apt-get update
apt-get update updated the package, but vlc still isn't found,I am having no luck trying to get an install that is not this way. I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide!
That lists the repos your system is configured to use. Be sure to surround the output with "code" tags, which become available when you click the "Go Advanced" button at the bottom of the "compose post" window.
Please note that Kali is very specifically designed for pen-testing and is not designed to be used as a general-purpose system (that is, the type of system on which one would find VLC). The Kali maintainers caution against using it for anything other than its stated purpose and I would not be at all surprised if the repos where VLC resides are not in the default list of repos.
If you wish to use it as a general-purpose desktop distro, you might be well advised to consider a distro designed for that purpose instead of Kali, and, instead, run Kali as Live CD or as a VM to explore the world of pen-testing.
No, please. That package you have in repos of all versions of Debian, from Wheezy to experimental. So, it is better to see what is causing his apt not to see it, than to mess things up further. Or, even if he wants to download deb and install it, he should download from debian repos relative to his version of Kali, not from somewhere else. Specially not from pages that gets blocked in browser because of badware.
Using Kali linux, trying to open mp4 files gives me a message that reads "Unable to play the file: text/html decoder is required to play the file but is not installed"
this could mean that what you think is an .mp4 file, is in fact a .html file.
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Originally Posted by dejank
No, please. That package you have in repos of all versions of Debian, from Wheezy to experimental. So, it is better to see what is causing his apt not to see it, than to mess things up further.
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VLC Package Not Found [Debian]
