Cannot install vlc backports on Debian Wheezy
I am trying to install vlc backports on my laptop running Debian 7.3 x64. On my desktop computer, running the same OS the following commands were sufficient:
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apt-get purge vlc Code:
Reading package lists... Done Code:
apt-get update Code:
# My desktop OS in a fresh netinstall while my laptop OS was dist-upgraded from 7.2 to 7.3, just in case that's relivent. Both systems had almost the same packages installed before atempting to install vlc backports. I switched from vlc to vlc backports because vlc was playing audio files with a instruments amount of static noise on both computers. Installing vlc backports fixed the issue on my desktop so I want to do the same for my laptop instead of using mplayer. Thanks. |
Try specifying getting the offending packages from bpo too:
apt-get -t wheezy-backports vlc vlc-nox libvlccore7 vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse |
Got it!
"apt-get -t wheezy-backports install vlc vlc-nox libvlccore7 vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse" gave me the following error: Code:
The following packages have unmet dependencies: Code:
vlc-data is already the newest version. Thanks! |
May I ask what are you using to upgrade your system?
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apt-get dist-upgrade Code:
apt-get -t wheezy-backports dist-upgrade |
Why use dist-uprade? It is useful with Testing and Unstable, but Stable only receives security updates, so apt-get upgrade is sufficient. Dist-upgrade upgrades to the next release (from Debian 5 to 6, 6-7, etc).
If you are trying to upgrade to Testing, then that is a different matter. |
It doesn't really matter. I get more updates using dist-upgrade.
Curiously the system won't upgrade VLC (1:2.0.6-dmo2) to (2.1.5-1~bpo70+1). Even if I use apt-get upgrade it reports VLC has been kept back if I install VLC from the bpo. |
I know that you've solved your problem, but the reason you had the problem is because you are installing from deb-multimedia & backports
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