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It was working, but suddenly disappeared from my pc and can't be installed again. VLC wont install either.

Ubuntu Software Centre gives these errors for Audacity:

audacity: Depends: audacity-data (= 2.0.5-1ubuntu3) but 2.0.5-1ubuntu3 is to be installed
          Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.19-0ubuntu6.6 is to be installed
          Depends: libflac++6 (>= 1.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.9.1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
          Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) but 2.40.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
          Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0) but 2.24.23-0ubuntu1.2 is to be installed
          Depends: libid3tag0 (>= 0.15.1b) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113-2~) but 19+svn20140130-1 is to be installed
          Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) but 4.8.2-19ubuntu1 is to be installed
          Depends: libwxbase2.8-0 (>= 2.8.12.1) but 2.8.12.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2 is to be installed
          Depends: libwxgtk2.8-0 (>= 2.8.12.1) but 2.8.12.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2 is to be installed

and these for VLC:

vlc: Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.1.2-2build2) but 2.1.2-2build2 is to be installed
     Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.19-0ubuntu6.6 is to be installed
     Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) but 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4 is to be installed
     Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.9.1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
     Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4 is to be installed
     Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4 is to be installed
     Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) but 4.8.2-19ubuntu1 is to be installed
     Depends: libxcb-composite0 but it is not going to be installed
     Depends: libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.3.9) but it is not going to be installed
     Depends: libxcb-xv0 (>= 1.2) but it is not going to be installed
     Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3) but 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1 is to be installed

Installing from the terminal returns the following errors respectively.

Audacity: The following packages have unmet dependencies. audacity : Depends: libflac++6 (>= 1.3.0) but it is not installable Depends: libid3tag0 (>= 0.15.1b) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. –  Erlja Jkdf. 1 min ago   edit  

and

VLC: The following packages have unmet dependencies. vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.1.2-2build2) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxcb-composite0 but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.3.9) but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-xv0 (>= 1.2) but it is not installable Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.1.2-2build2) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.1.2-2build2) but it is not going to be installed 
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  • What are the errors?
    – Maythux
    Jun 1, 2015 at 9:14
  • what about sudo apt-get install vlc
    – Maythux
    Jun 1, 2015 at 9:16
  • The following packages have unmet dependencies. audacity : Depends: libflac++6 (>= 1.3.0) but it is not installable Depends: libid3tag0 (>= 0.15.1b) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Jun 1, 2015 at 9:16
  • That was for audacity. Vlc returns this: The following packages have unmet dependencies. vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.1.2-2build2) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxcb-composite0 but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.3.9) but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-xv0 (>= 1.2) but it is not installable Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.1.2-2build2) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.1.2-2build2) but it is not going to be installed Jun 1, 2015 at 9:17
  • sudo apt-get install -f is meant to attempt to fix these issues. Do you use any PPAs? If it's still not working you need to go into 'Software & Updates' > 'Other Software' and uncheck or remove them. Then close the window, use apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and apt-get install audacity vlc and, if they don't work, apt-get install -f.
    – Ads20000
    Jun 1, 2015 at 9:39

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I trusted or accepted updates from all my extant PPA's, and what do you know, turns out i had blocked some of the ones necessary.

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