linuxgeek: RE: [LINUX_Newbies] How To Play DVD In Ubuntu 14.04

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

RE: [LINUX_Newbies] How To Play DVD In Ubuntu 14.04

lol dude, the Ubuntu website has 14.04 as latest for desktop and server, looks like your running a beta and looking for support lol come on

command line type

man sudo

Linux command line driven, if you’re in the sudo group (normally in the sudo group by default with Ubuntu 14.04)

you can run commands as root.

user@linuxmachine:/sbin$ apt-get update

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)

user@linuxmachine:/sbin$ sudo apt-get update

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease

Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B]

…………

Thx,

Neil

From: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tue. Jan 20, 2015 8:39am
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How To Play DVD In Ubuntu 14.04

What is sudo command? I`m OK with the fresh install. Something I forgot. I have Ubuntu 14.10 in one of my computers. NO ISSUES ON ANYTHING!

Gene H

On Jan 20, 2015, at 6:47 AM, 'Neil Smith' neilsmith1357@yahoo.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:

hmm mine plays fine video file or dvd movie, I did fresh install of ubuntu 14.04 ltc not upgrade don’t recall if yours is upgrade or not?

anyway below is a link to install vlc on Ubuntu 14.04,

http://www.howopensource.com/2012/10/install-vlc-in-ubuntu-12-10-12-04/

this link is to uninstall completely using gui or command line

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/completely-remove-vlc-ubuntu-38970.html

then you can run install again, are you getting errors? remember to run sudo command

Thx,

Neil

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Sent: Tue. Jan 20, 2015 6:08am
To: Gene Henley mhenley2@verizon.net [LINUX_Newbies]
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How To Play DVD In Ubuntu 14.04

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:52:58PM -0500, Gene Henley mhenley2@verizon.net [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> http://itsfoss.com/play-dvd-ubuntu-1310/
>
> I STILL cannot play DVD`s with VLC on my Linux boxes.
> This is a fix that I received,but my usage with terminal
> is "NEWBIE". Is there a better way?
> Gene H

You might try installing smplayer.

apt-get install smplayer

It may work when vlc fails (and I remember you mentioning you'd had bad
luck with VLC on Mint, which is usually the easiest to get working. I
would actually try on Mint first, as it's more likely to have the right
codecs.

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Scott Robbins
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