[LUNI] Help or New Distro Recomendation Please

[Mark Stuart Burge]

Well, not exactly a proper answer to your question, but if you are 
looking for a distro that can handle multimedia well, then I would 
recommend ubuntu or ubuntustudio.

Ubuntu uses the apt-get method of installing from the command line, or 
synaptic if you want an easy to browse installer.

I have installed vlc on ubuntu several times on different machines, and 
it has gone in smoothly each time.

UbuntuStudio gives you a little more than you need, like low latency 
kernel, jackd audio routing and more.



Richard Reina wrote:
> I have been battling with yum to install videolanclient (vlc) for days now and am about ready to give up and do a fresh install of another distro ( now running  Centos OS 4.3. )  I have fished around and have tried about every recommended remedy for this problem to no avail.  If anyone has any suggestions how I can fix this problem I would appreciate hearing it.  Otherwise if anyone knows of a distro that can handle a yum vlc install I would also appreciate this info.  Thanks
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> [root at localhost Desktop]# yum list globulation
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> [root at localhost Desktop]# yum -y install vlc
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> vlc-source                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> vlc                       100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> vlc-contrib               100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> vlc-devel                 100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package vlc.i386 0:0.8.5-1 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: libdbus-1.so.1 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libFLAC.so.7 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libdirac_decoder.so.0 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libdirac_encoder.so.0 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libhal.so.1 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4) for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libSDL_image-1.2.so.0 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.6) for package: vlc
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package dirac.i386 0:0.5.3-1 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: libdbus-1.so.1 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4) for package: dirac
> --> Processing Dependency: libFLAC.so.7 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.6) for package: dirac
> --> Processing Dependency: libhal.so.1 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4) for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libSDL_image-1.2.so.0 for package: vlc
> --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.6) for package: vlc
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: libdbus-1.so.1 is needed by package vlc
> Error: Missing Dependency: libFLAC.so.7 is needed by package vlc
> Error: Missing Dependency: libhal.so.1 is needed by package vlc
> Error: Missing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4) is needed by package vlc
> Error: Missing Dependency: libSDL_image-1.2.so.0 is needed by package vlc
> Error: Missing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.6) is needed by package vlc
> Error: Missing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4) is needed by package dirac
> Error: Missing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.6) is needed by package dirac
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> Thanks in advance for any help.
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> Richard
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