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O.K. so i clicked on the install link in there http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-suse.html but VLC doesn't start. What should i do. I need help, by the way I'm new to OpenSUSE.

Hello,

when you clicked that link, was there an installer starting? (the Yast Meta Package Handler) or were you only asked to download a *.ymp file?

I used the i386 dvd distro and I haven't changed any of the packages. I registered a repository for VLC in Yast and I tried to install it and there was some conflict with the dependencies of ffmpeg components. When I sow this I marked ignore the conflict or something like that because I don't remember the exact text of the options I did select. The installation started and every thing seems to be O.K. so I started an AVI file and VLC doesn't start at all. It also doesn't start when I run the VLC executable. After that I uninstalled VLC packages, and installed it again, and there were not any dependencies conflicts. The overall effect was the same VLC still doesn't start.

Hi,

ignoring depencdency problems and conflicts in yast almost always renders the one or other software useless; that's what for the dependencies are there: to give you a good, stable system, but it only works as long as you respect it.

I assume you also have at least some other repositories added to your system that caused the conflict (ffmpeg in particular is not part of openSUSE).

Please post me the output of several commands: Thank you.