preferences don't show [SOLVED]

[lazylew]

I have destroyed something in VLC, but don't remember how I did that (some months ago).
The "preferences" don't show up and I can't change the skin anymore either.

I tried a reinstall, but VLC reappears in the same skin with the same flaws.

How do I purge remove or do something like that to get a clean customizable reinstall?

I'm no Linux guru but can follow (very) simple instructions for the command line.
(using #!Crunchbang Linux)

[rusty149]

hello

Open terminal & enter the following code and your password when prompted.

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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove --purge vlc sudo apt-get install vlc

[lazylew]

hello

Open terminal & enter the following code and your password when prompted.

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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove --purge vlc sudo apt-get install vlc

The situation is the same after doing that.

Right click on the player gives the menu for play, pause, etcetera and for preferences.
When I click on preferences though, nothing happens.

The skin is also the same, which is not the default one that VLC delivers with the very first install, and I can't change skins either.

[rusty149]

Please provide the version from:

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vlc --version

Also are you using the latest Crunchbang Linux?

and what does this return:

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ls /usr/lib/vlc/gui

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

From the terminal. type:

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vlc --reset-config --reset-plugins-cache -v

[lazylew]

From the terminal. type:

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vlc --reset-config --reset-plugins-cache -v

that worked; thank you so much