[SOLVED] stuck trying to get comand to sownload, complie and install libdvd on 2n laptop

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 12:09 PM

https://itsfoss.com/play-dvd-ubuntu-1310/

the first purple picture/screen of terminal which says it is downloading and compligin etc..... it has been stuck there forever ahd even tried rebooting and terminal is locked as such - how when i tried to purge the libdvd - says not complete or error - so now what? thannks - sorry for the vagueness. too much happening and this is my good office laptop too. so crucial.

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 12:17 PM

get this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
[sudo] password for zen:
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: libdvd-pkg is broken or not fully installed

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 12:18 PM

tried installoing and compiling etc multiple time now. how can i get out of this mess.

everything has been going wrong since i got up this morning - even non-linux stuff too. argh.

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 12:21 PM

had to try sudo dpkg --configure -a

so back to square one - things just seem to go no where. and this is a fast laptop compared to the other 2. this was a problem that i had on my wife's and that somehow corrected itself. on this one notta. thannk you.

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 12:26 PM

sorry - how do i remove the incomplete libdvd and just get it back to what i had - and forget the libdvd package stuff.

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 12:44 PM

i sgutdown and rebooted and updated but wont let me do a dist-upgrade says to run

'sudo dpkg --configure -a

manually which i copied and pasted in terminal and still hangs forever.

i would hate to have to completely redo this laptop. thanks

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 12:53 PM

ok not sure but i tried hitting tab and that highlighted the choice needed and then hit enter and also another choice and hit tab and it seemed to work. i never recall ever having to tab down. learn something ne or old. eh>

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 01:18 PM

boy do i feel dumb dumb dumb.

psheeeeew!!!!!

cordx · 01-31-2019, 04:35 PM

did you get it all worked out?

hemlocktree · 01-31-2019, 04:39 PM

i guess so. need a usb dvd player to try it - it seemed to complete finally and also updated and upgraded too. so i did get out of the loop. there was a glitch when i did the wife's dell but that got worked out last week - but on the thinkpad it got hung and found the tab accidentally. second daily us thinkpad went perfect once i hit the tabs as needed. weird. thanks cordx.

cordx · 01-31-2019, 04:43 PM

i recall the reconfiguring of libdvd-pkg being different than most installs i have gone through as well. i am glad your machines are back in working order. i use vlc to play dvd's from the library all the time and think it is a good program once you get over this initial bump in the road