Error while installing vlc

[abhijeet]

Hello there,
I am using Lenovo y50 with dual boot with win 10 and kali linux(64 bit).I am running kali linux latest edition 2017.1.



uname -a

Linux abhi 4.9.0-kali4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2kali1 (2017-06-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux



In order to do clean reinstall of vlc i accidentally deleted some of its file. When i tried to do reinstall the vlc i got the following error:



sudo apt-get install vlc

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
vlc
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/136 kB of archives.
After this operation, 220 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package vlc.
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc5:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-samba:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'phonon4qt5-backend-vlc:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlccore8:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-qt:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-l10n' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-video-output:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc-bin:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-video-splitter:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-skins2:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-visualization:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-notify:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-base:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-bin' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
(Reading database ... 455294 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../vlc_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-2) ...
Setting up vlc (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...




When i try to run following commands i get the respective output


apt-get install libvlccore8
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libvlccore8 is already the newest version (2.2.6-3+b1).
libvlccore8 set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
vlc is already the newest version (2.2.6-3+b1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

vlc
bash: vlc: command not found




Whatever i am trying to install it throwing the above warning message but i can able to install and run other programs except vlc.
How to fix it?Please help?
Thanks in advance

[abhijeet]

So i tried some of following command and then reinstalled vlc



sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo apt-get update


Reinstalling vlc this time warning message get reduced


sudo apt-get install vlc

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
vlc-bin vlc-l10n vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-qt vlc-plugin-samba vlc-plugin-skins2
vlc-plugin-video-splitter vlc-plugin-visualization
The following NEW packages will be installed:
vlc vlc-bin vlc-l10n vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-qt vlc-plugin-samba vlc-plugin-skins2
vlc-plugin-video-splitter vlc-plugin-visualization
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/7,358 kB of archives.
After this operation, 43.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-bin.
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc5:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'phonon4qt5-backend-vlc:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlccore8:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-video-output:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc-bin:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-base:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
(Reading database ... 459677 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-vlc-bin_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-bin (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-qt:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../1-vlc-plugin-qt_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-plugin-qt:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-l10n.
Preparing to unpack .../2-vlc-l10n_2.2.6-3_all.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-l10n (2.2.6-3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc.
Preparing to unpack .../3-vlc_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-notify:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../4-vlc-plugin-notify_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-plugin-notify:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-samba:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../5-vlc-plugin-samba_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-plugin-samba:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-skins2:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../6-vlc-plugin-skins2_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-plugin-skins2:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-video-splitter:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../7-vlc-plugin-video-splitter_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-plugin-video-splitter:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-visualization:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../8-vlc-plugin-visualization_2.2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc-plugin-visualization:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-samba:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-2) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-qt:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Setting up vlc-l10n (2.2.6-3) ...
Processing triggers for libvlc-bin:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-video-splitter:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-skins2:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-visualization:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-notify:amd64 (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Setting up vlc-bin (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
Setting up vlc (2.2.6-3+b1) ...



Location of vlc


whereis vlc
vlc: /usr/bin/vlc /usr/lib/vlc /usr/include/vlc /usr/share/vlc /usr/share/man/man1/vlc.1.gz




But this time while opening vlc i got the following error



vlc

vlc: error while loading shared libraries: libvlc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory




I searched everything regarding this issue on net but none worked:( and also how to remove those warning message?
Thank you

[grid]

I would try apt-get remove vlc, then apt-get install vlc.

If that doesn't work, you can try apt install kali-linux-full. That should fix a broken install/missing dependencies, by reinstalling everything. Rather brutal approach, but should resolve the problem.

[abhijeet]

Thanks for the reply grid. I tried as you said but it didn't worked moreover i tried to install individually those warning packages which says: It is already a new version.
If those packages are there than why it is throwing those warning message?

I got the following output:


apt install kali-linux-full

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
ollydbg regripper sqldict wine
Suggested packages:
winbind winetricks playonlinux wine-binfmt dosbox
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kali-linux-full ollydbg regripper sqldict wine
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,949 kB/5,957 kB of archives.
After this operation, 10.9 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 https://archive-3.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 wine all 2.0.2-1 [125 kB]
Get:2 https://archive-3.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 ollydbg all 1.10-1kali0 [1,335 kB]
Get:3 https://archive-3.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 regripper amd64 2.5-1kali0 [4,424 kB]
Get:4 https://archive-3.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 sqldict all 2.1-1kali0 [65.2 kB]
Fetched 5,949 kB in 6s (855 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package wine.
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc5:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'phonon4qt5-backend-vlc:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlccore8:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-video-output:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc-bin:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-base:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
(Reading database ... 459681 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/wine_2.0.2-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking wine (2.0.2-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ollydbg.
Preparing to unpack .../ollydbg_1.10-1kali0_all.deb ...
Unpacking ollydbg (1.10-1kali0) ...
Selecting previously unselected package regripper.
Preparing to unpack .../regripper_2.5-1kali0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking regripper (2.5-1kali0) ...
Selecting previously unselected package sqldict.
Preparing to unpack .../sqldict_2.1-1kali0_all.deb ...
Unpacking sqldict (2.1-1kali0) ...
Selecting previously unselected package kali-linux-full.
Preparing to unpack .../kali-linux-full_2017.2.0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking kali-linux-full (2017.2.0) ...
Setting up wine (2.0.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Setting up ollydbg (1.10-1kali0) ...
Setting up sqldict (2.1-1kali0) ...
Setting up regripper (2.5-1kali0) ...
Setting up kali-linux-full (2017.2.0) ...
Processing triggers for wine (2.0.2-1) ...





After that i did removing and reinstalling again vlc I got the same error message as above :



vlc

vlc: error while loading shared libraries: libvlc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory



I downloaded the deb file of vlc and tried installing it :



sudo dpkg -i vlc_2.0.3-1-bpo60+1_amd64.deb


dpkg: warning: downgrading vlc from 2.2.6-3+b1 to 2.0.3-1~bpo60+1
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc5:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'phonon4qt5-backend-vlc:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlccore8:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-video-output:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libvlc-bin:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc-plugin-base:amd64' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
(Reading database ... 460053 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack vlc_2.0.3-1-bpo60+1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vlc (2.0.3-1~bpo60+1) over (2.2.6-3+b1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive vlc_2.0.3-1-bpo60+1_amd64.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/svlc', which is also in package vlc-plugin-skins2:amd64 2.2.6-3+b1
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47+b1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
vlc_2.0.3-1-bpo60+1_amd64.deb

[abhijeet]

Thank for your patience and time grid:o . I successfully installed vlc by removing all its dependencies through synaptic package manager and installed it again through terminal .
This time i didn't get any warning message as well as vlc is also successfully installed.;)
Thank you

[grid]

No problem, glad it's working for you :)