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I tried to watch a dvd and found that VLC was not installed. When I went to the Ubuntu software center I got this message when trying to install VLC. I do not know why. Here's the ouput:

"This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

vlc: Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.1.4-0ubuntu14.04.1 is to be installed
     Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.19-0ubuntu6.4 is to be installed
     Depends: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) but 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2 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: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3) but 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1 is to be installed"

Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • First update your system: in the terminal run sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
    – Muzaffar
    Jan 11, 2015 at 4:30
  • possible duplicate of How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?
    – g_p
    Jan 11, 2015 at 4:52
  • It's not a duplicate. He did not add any ppa. He's probably a new user trying to figure out things.
    – Sachin S Kamath
    Jan 11, 2015 at 5:02
  • Not a new user. Been using Ubuntu for quite a few years and tried lots of other distributions. Just never had this problem haha. :p
    – user151573
    Jan 11, 2015 at 5:52

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Edit : Follow this link to fix the unmet dependency problem.

Go to your Terminal ( Ctrl+Alt+T ) and type the following commands :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install vlc

This will install vlc, it's dependencies and you should be able to play videos without any problem.

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  • this did not work. I don't see a different or updated answer anywhere. The text was too long to post as a comment
    – user151573
    Jan 11, 2015 at 5:00
  • See the first line of the answer. I have mentioned the updated part as Edit
    – Sachin S Kamath
    Jan 11, 2015 at 5:01
  • My mistake. I missed it. Thank you for the help. I appreciate it very much.
    – user151573
    Jan 11, 2015 at 5:48
  • Click on the grey check mark below the arrow button if this helped you :)
    – Sachin S Kamath
    Jan 11, 2015 at 5:52

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