Unable to install VLC 2.08

[Colin Law]

On 29 August 2013 19:31, James R McKenzie <jimmckenzie at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I tried a command line install and the message below this is what I got.
>
> Jims64BitLinuxMint15KDEDeskTop jim # apt-get install vlc
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.

Try, in a terminal
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
which will ensure your system is all up to date.  Assuming no errors
from that then try the install again.

Colin