Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working  [Solved]

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Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working

#1 Post by asher »

My vlc quit working correctly so I uninstalled through MX Package installer

However VLC what still present /usr/bin/vlc

so I
sudo apt uninstall vlc
sudo apt purge vlc

VLC is still there**********************
so I,
sudo rm /usr/bin/vlc

# Clean apt up.
sudo apt autoremove

Reinstall vlc through the MX package installer,

Now that I reinstalled VLC there is NO vlc in the /usr/bin/ directory...

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MY OS MX 21 XFCE

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Snapshot created on: 20240607_1500
System:    Kernel: 6.1.0-9mx-ahs-amd64 [6.1.27-1~mx21ahs+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
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           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_ahs_x64 Wildflower April 9  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: GE70 2QE v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1759 v: REV:0.B serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends 
           v: E1759IMS.80B date: 06/04/2015 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 39.8 Wh (98.5%) condition: 40.4/48.8 Wh (82.7%) volts: 12.5 
           min: 11.1 model: MSI PC-VP-BP77 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Not charging 
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           family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 cache: L2: 6 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 41502 
           Speed: 3392 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3392 2: 3424 3: 3392 
           4: 3423 5: 3396 6: 3420 7: 3418 8: 3392 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416 class-ID: 0300 
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           s-diag: 1055mm (41.5") 
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           Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
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Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
           driver: alx v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:e091 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: d000 
           bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b3 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 1-1.3:4 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 
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           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 158.78 GiB (68.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
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           Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
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Boot Mode: UEFI
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Re: Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working

#2 Post by DukeComposed »

asher wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 1:07 pm sudo apt uninstall vlc
There is no "apt uninstall" command. You can install, reinstall, remove, or purge a package according to "man apt". So I'm guessing that you can't reinstall VLC because the package is still, technically, there. You just manually deleted a file instead of actually evaluating how to remove the package that put it there.
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Re: Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working

#3 Post by Eadwine Rose »

In order for VLC to start clean, you can remove the /home/username/.config/vlc folder. It will create a new one upon the next start.

If it then still gives issues, you open MX Package Installer and you can remove it using that. <-- edit: I see you tried that, and it apparently didn't work
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Re: Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working  [Solved]

#4 Post by JmaCWQ »

asher wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 1:07 pm My vlc quit working correctly so I uninstalled through MX Package installer......
By any chance did it stop playing some videos correctly or crash when using the slider to skip through a video?

If so this might help - viewtopic.php?t=81068
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Re: Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working

#5 Post by asher »

Yes had the same issue as viewtopic.php?t=81068
The issue is solved
Thank you!
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Re: Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working

#6 Post by JmaCWQ »

No probs :toast:
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Re: Uninstall/Reinstall of VLC not working

#7 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Please click the checkmark next to the username in the post that holds the solution to mark the topic solved, thanks :)
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