I have searched for many options on the Internet to install VLC media player on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr), but nothing is working for me.

How can I fix this problem?

Errors:

root@hiteshb-To-be-filled-by-O-E-M:~# apt-get install vlc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libavcodec54 libavformat54 libchromaprint0 libmp3lame0 libvlc5 libvlccore7 vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse Suggested packages: libchromaprint-tools python-acoustid videolan-doc Recommended packages: libdvdcss2 The following NEW packages will be installed: libavcodec54 libavformat54 libchromaprint0 libmp3lame0 libvlc5 libvlccore7 vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse 0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
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4 Answers

As of 2015-09-23, the latest VLC version for Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) provided by this repository is 2.2.1.

Open a terminal and run (for 14.04):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-*

For other versions, see here.

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To install VLC media player on Ubuntu you can try to open your terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type:

sudo apt-get install vlc

If there are errors, you are welcome to paste the output so people will be able to help you.

You can try to disable IPv6 on your box. Sometimes it can be an issue. To disable IPv6, add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf:

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1

After that open your terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type:

sudo sysctl -p && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc
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try this...

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install vlc
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This worked for me in 2015-1-8:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/vlc-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc