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hello everybody,

i want to install vlc on my computer with ubuntu but i ve got a pb, look

root@ubuntu:/home/santino # apt-get update
Atteint http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Packages
Atteint http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/main Release
Atteint http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Packages
Atteint http://archive.ubuntu.com warty/restricted Release
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait

no pb here but after:

root@ubuntu:/home/santino/vlc-0.8.1/debian # apt-get install gnome-vlc libdvdcss2
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
E: Impossible de trouver le paquet gnome-vlc

soory it's in french, it's mean impossible to find the file gnome-vlc

thank you in advance for yours answers

gnome vlc isn' mantained any more. Use the wxWindows interface (apt-get install wxvlc in debian)

the pb is the same , he sai there isn't the file wxvlc but i can see it?
that what i test

root@ubuntu:/home/santino/vlc-0.8.1/debian # apt-get install wxvlc
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
E: Impossible de trouver le paquet wxvlc
root@ubuntu:/home/santino/vlc-0.8.1/debian # apt-get install wxvlc libdvdcss2
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
E: Impossible de trouver le paquet wxvlc
root@ubuntu:/home/santino/vlc-0.8.1/debian # apt-get install wxvlc.dirs libdvdcss2
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
E: Impossible de trouver le paquet wxvlc.dirs

did you try apt get install vlc ?

You have to use the "universe" repositery.
Open your /etc/apt/sources.list, and uncomment the following lines : Then you should be able to install wxvlc.

Thank you so much neoxl , found this site on google search and that answered it perfectly had same problem.