New to ubuntu and want to install vlc

Question

I do not know why Ubuntu Software Center does not download VLC for me. when i click on VLC player it displays a pop-up and says

**Package Dependencies can not be resolved**
"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."

Please open a terminal window (e. g. `gnome-terminal`), run the command `sudo apt-get install vlc`, and report back with the output of that command. From that we should know more about the cause of the issue. Also please [edit] your question if you provide that command output or any other additional info, because it's a lot easier to have everything in one place than scattered throughout the comment section. — David Foerster, Feb 09 '15 at 22:36
Tried `sudo apt-get install vlc` in terminal window but at the end it says **Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages**. — Sayed Fakhir Shah, Feb 10 '15 at 00:04
@SayedFakhirShah: That's a start. Run `sudo apt-get install -f` to try to fix the held broken packages issue (or get more info on what's wrong) and post its output – the whole output this time please. You can select and copy terminal content with the mouse pointer. — David Foerster, Feb 10 '15 at 00:11
`diyan@Shah-G:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. diyan@Shah-G:~$ ` — Sayed Fakhir Shah, Feb 10 '15 at 00:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '15 at 22:37

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try out sudo apt-get install vlc. Using apt-get can be more reliable than the software center sometimes

answered Feb 09 '15 at 22:37

sam

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This is pretty much what software center does behind the curtains. The benefit of going directly through `apt-get` is, that we can see its output including any error messages. – David Foerster Feb 09 '15 at 22:40
I tried `sudo apt-get install vlc` but it says **Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages** – Sayed Fakhir Shah Feb 09 '15 at 23:58
@SayedFakhirShah: Run `sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean` and then try `sudo apt-get install vlc`. – heemayl Feb 10 '15 at 00:07
Run those but the same problem – Sayed Fakhir Shah Feb 10 '15 at 00:15

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 10 '15 at 02:15

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Try doing a fresh install of vlc. sudo apt-get remove vlc. Then sudo apt-get install vlc.

edited Feb 10 '15 at 02:15

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answered Feb 10 '15 at 02:14

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I tried this way and it gives me the same message **Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages** – Sayed Fakhir Shah Feb 10 '15 at 05:48

New to ubuntu and want to install vlc

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