unable to locate package and not allowing to install any software

Question

Whenever I try to install any software in Ubuntu 10, I type command

sudo apt-get install vlc 

and also command

sudo apt-get update 

but I find this error every time

unable to locate package vlc

Tried sudo apt-get update again then I still get the same error.

Please help me. Is there something I have to change in any repository? Please give suggestion.

Answer 1

Hi you can install vlc very easily in ubuntu .

open your unity dash and type software center . it will give you that named application and click it to open .

there in software center you'll find a search box at left top .

there type as vlc and you will get it .

select it and you'll get an option to install and click that install button .

there you go .

hope that helps .

Answer 2

Please refer to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html

You'll find ways to install vlc in it. However the site gives the following warning;

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid)

VLC version 1.0.6 in Ubuntu 10.04 is severely out-of-date. We recommend you install VLC 1.1.x manually.

You can manually add the ppa from terminal and install it.

Install VLC 1.1.4 in Ubuntu 10.04

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lucid-bleed/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

Answer 3

Use gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.

Find these lines in that file.

#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
#deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

Now remove the # to include these repositories and save it. The lines should now look like this:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

Run sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-* mozilla-plugin-vlc.

Answer 4

Temporarily change your repositories server to somewhere else and update the apt-get list