Trouble installing vlc-1.0.1

[Goldenstallion]

Hi all!!!

I used the following command:

cd <to the vlc-1.0.1 directory>
./configure

It gave the following error:

E: Couldn't find package libdbus-dev

Then I tried :

apt-get install libdbus-dev

I got this:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

please help me out!
N.B.- I logged in as a normal user and then sudo su.

[reed9]

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

This means you have another instance of your package manager running. Possibly the updater in the background, or if you have synaptic open. Sometimes, if your package manager is interrupted in the middle of something, the lock is not removed properly as well, and you can remove it manually.

[Goldenstallion]

Thanks.....my package manager was actually open. But even after keying the commands with the package manager closed, the problem persists. The check process begins after typing ./configure and it shows a 'no' against the libraries zlib,HAL,MTP and DBUS.
apt-get install doesn't help.

[reed9]

You're not able to find the dependencies to install or apt-get continues to have issues with the lock?

The easiest way to get the latest VLC installed is to use a binary package. Look here for more: VLC media player for Ubuntu Linux