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I installed a codec under the root user in my Ubuntu 10.04 installation. As you guessed, I can't play a movie using the codec under my normal user account. How do i rectify the problem?

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  • How did you install the codec ? If it was installed from a package, the user invoking the install is irrelevant. Nov 6, 2010 at 8:04
  • I installed using the root terminal <root@sly-laptop> from the command line interface.
    – Andre
    Nov 8, 2010 at 6:59
  • The command was apt-get install w32codecs. I want to enable the codec for all users :)
    – Andre
    Nov 8, 2010 at 7:07
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    As a normal user you should never use the root terminal you must use sudo command. Uninstall w32codecs package and install this: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras. It will cover majority of codecs you will ever need.
    – danizmax
    Nov 9, 2010 at 19:01
  • Can the root user play a movie using the codec?
    – belacqua
    Feb 15, 2011 at 4:12

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From your user account, try sudo apt-get purge w32codecs then sudo apt-get install w32codecs .

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you can try installing again with you currently user use "sudo aptitude -y install non-free-codecs"

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    One should never use -y unless you really know what you are doing...
    – JanC
    Nov 6, 2010 at 9:14

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