joeb? — 11 November 2008, 11:23
because vlc is not in the gNewSense repos?
Tor? — 11 November 2008, 17:51
I believe this is a bug introduced through Ubuntu. In Ubuntu it seems that they put VLC in the Multiverse (non-free) instead of the Universe, probably for codec reasons. I think there is either a recent post or a message in the mailing list archives about this.
Tor
arc — 12 November 2008, 10:27
Do they put vlc in Universe again in the last Ubuntu release?
you can install from source
$ apt-get source vlc
then compile it
arc — 20 November 2008, 09:59
Or if you want you can install all the available Totem plugins.
Can Totem get up to vlc level with enough plug-ins? Mine barely plays half my media (Totem), but vlc can handle it all without turning a hair. Am I missing something?
techknowlogic, in what formats are the files you can't play in Totem?
I'll make this basic, so forgive if it seems elementary for your skill level. Clarity is good, right?
.rpm files are often easier to find then .deb files. I just found several for vlc online. Try downloading one of those and using "alien" to change the rpm into a deb.
The alien package seems to be included in gNewSense by default. If you don't have it, "sudo apt-get install alien". It is in the gNS repository.
Then, open a terminal in the folder where you saved the .rpm file and...
sudo alien -k name-of-rpm-file.rpm
(should be vlc-0.9.9-i386.rpm or something like that.)
This will turn the rpm into a deb. Then, right-click and open it with GDebi or just enter another terminal command ...
sudo dpkg -i name-of-deb-file.deb
(Again, it should be vlc-0.9.9-i386.deb)
This should install it and make your day. Happy hacking.
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