Vlc for steamos

[No One]

Just wondering if there is an updated way to get VLC or even the updated codecs for the pre-installed video player being that the last post that I saw for installing any video players was posted anywhere from 2013-2016

[methanol-powered eyesight]

SteamOS is a Debian GNU/Linux based OS, so, use packages from Debian repo:
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648814396114274132/
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-debian.html

[No One]

I had actually followed that post and had received an error when I tried to install vlc, I will post the error code once I get on my computer in a few minutes

[methanol-powered eyesight]

Did you try to "apt-get" in terminal?

[methanol-powered eyesight]

Also you can install it without apt-get
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-debian.html

[No One]

Ok, so the error that I get after doing

sudo apt-get install -t jessie vlc

is

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 vlc : Depends: libgles1-mesa (>= 7.8.1) but it is not going to be installed or libgles1
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[methanol-powered eyesight]

Originally posted by No One:

Ok, so the error that I get after doing

sudo apt-get install -t jessie vlc

is

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 vlc : Depends: libgles1-mesa (>= 7.8.1) but it is not going to be installed or libgles1
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Try to install/reinstall libgles1-mesa

[No One]

How would I do that? Just apt-get install libgles1-mesa? Or apt-get install -t jessie libgles1-mesa?

[methanol-powered eyesight]

Originally posted by No One:

How would I do that? Just apt-get install libgles1-mesa? Or apt-get install -t jessie libgles1-mesa?

idk but try both

[No One]

ok...reading up on https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648814396114274132/ it says that I need to pin the lib dependencies before I can install them? I am not entierly sure how to do that

[methanol-powered eyesight]

Originally posted by No One:

ok...reading up on https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648814396114274132/ it says that I need to pin the lib dependencies before I can install them? I am not entierly sure how to do that

Did you APPEND text to source file?

[No One]

Not sure what that means...my only experience that I have is about two months of using Linux Mint

[methanol-powered eyesight]

Originally posted by No One:

Not sure what that means...my only experience that I have is about two months of using Linux Mint

your apt-get servers list looks like this:
"*some servers by lavle*
*servers from guide*", isnt it?

[No One]

How do I check that

[methanol-powered eyesight]

Originally posted by No One:

How do I check that

apt-get have repos text file.
u edited that file *in guide*