Help with VLC Dependency errors

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#1

tried to reinstall vlc and am getting errors. I tried purging vlc and reinstalling but it is saying this now in synaptic:

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-plugin-samba:
 vlc-plugin-samba depends on libvlccore8 (= 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4); however:
  Package libvlccore8 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package vlc-plugin-samba (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-nox:
 vlc-nox depends on libvlc5 (>= 2.1.0); however:
  Package libvlc5 is not configured yet.
 vlc-nox depends on libvlccore8 (>= 2.2.0); however:
  Package libvlccore8 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package vlc-nox (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvlccore8
 vlc
 vlc-plugin-notify
 libvlc5
 vlc-plugin-samba
 vlc-nox

I’m pretty new to linux any idea how to fix this problem with vlc?

#2

Try removing the old packages with sudo apt-get autoremove and cache sudo apt-get clean vlc-data , then reinstall it.

#3

Give me the output of:

dpkg -l | grep vlc
apt-cache policy vlc
ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d

And tell me which version (number) of Ubuntu you use.

I’m not sure it’s related to your issue but there’s been a recent change (a few monthes ago) to Mesa packages where a library has been removed (because it’s obsoltete) and VLC depends on it. Packages in the Ubuntu repos have been modified to accomodate this but if you’re using a third-party repo, the packages can’t be installed. I don’t see the Mesa packages in the dependancies errors, though, so it might be a different issue but let’s start with this hypothesis.

#4

I ended just installing a new ppa that had the missing vlc dependencies and that fixed the problem. Although I am wondering if anyone else has recently noticed a white line on the top of their screen while watching vids on youtube or desktop.