I'm new to Linux and to tell the truth a lot of it is above my skill level. My son is a programing genius and he writes scripts for a lot of things. All I have to do is click shortcuts he makes. I am using Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS. I took Windows 8 offline because they are blocking security patches for 7th generation processors & there is no way I will install that 10 spyware. It will be a while before I can check this out with my son so I will ask you first. When I clicked the updates available I clicked to install all 24. A box popped up that said:
Install
libllvm4.0
libinput-bin
Remove
libgles1-mesa
vlc
Since I have no intention of uninstalling VLC I made a clone and booted off of that. Sure enough, VLC was gone. I went to the Ubuntu software center and when I tried to install VLC I got this error message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
vlc: Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.2.2+git20170721+r59033+56~ubuntu16.04.1) but 2.2.2+git20170721+r59033+56~ubuntu16.04.1 is to be installed
Depends: libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4) but 7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 is to be installed
Depends: libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4) but 7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 is to be installed
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16) but 2.23-0ubuntu9 is to be installed
Depends: libegl1-x11 but it is a virtual package
Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0) but 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: libgles1 but it is a virtual package
Depends: libgles2 but it is a virtual package
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) but 2.48.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.1) but 5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7.5 is to be installed
Depends: libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.0.2) but 5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu6 is to be installed
Depends: libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0) but 5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7.5 is to be installed
Depends: libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.1.0) but 5.5.1-3build1 is to be installed
Depends: librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4) but 2.40.13-3 is to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 5.2) but 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4 is to be installed
Depends: libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4) but 2:1.7.6-1 is to be installed
Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) but 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.1 is to be installed
When I tried the download from your site I got this error:
Can not install 'vlc' (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
Have you stopped supporting VLC for Ubuntu? Is there some way to just hide updates that would remove VLC or I have to uncheck certain ones every time to keep it?