Could NOT install vlc or mplayer

[peerdong]

I would like to know where I made a mistake. I had several websites visited and almost all the references are pointing to one procedure:

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rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-11.noarch.rpm

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rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

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yum install vlc

but it did not worked out as I expected.

terminal:
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# rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/ ... noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/ ... noarch.rpm
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
package epel-release-7-11.noarch is already installed

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yum install vlc
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
adobe-linux-x86_64                                                                            | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
base                                                                                          | 3.6 kB  00:00:00     
epel/x86_64/metalink                                                                          | 6.3 kB  00:00:00     
epel                                                                                          | 4.7 kB  00:00:00     
extras                                                                                        | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
google-chrome                                                                                 |  951 B  00:00:00     
sublime-text                                                                                  | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
updates                                                                                       | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
virtualbox/7/x86_64/signature                                                                 |  181 B  00:00:00     
virtualbox/7/x86_64/signature                                                                 | 1.1 kB  00:00:00 !!! 
(1/10): adobe-linux-x86_64/primary_db                                                         | 2.7 kB  00:00:00     
(2/10): base/7/x86_64/primary_db                                                              | 5.7 MB  00:00:02     
(3/10): epel/x86_64/group_gz                                                                  | 266 kB  00:00:05     
(4/10): base/7/x86_64/group_gz                                                                | 156 kB  00:00:05     
(5/10): epel/x86_64/updateinfo                                                                | 899 kB  00:00:00     
(6/10): virtualbox/7/x86_64/primary                                                           | 9.8 kB  00:00:00     
(7/10): sublime-text/primary_db                                                               | 1.7 kB  00:00:02     
(8/10): epel/x86_64/primary_db                                                                | 6.3 MB  00:00:02     
(9/10): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db                                                            | 167 kB  00:00:02     
(10/10): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db                                                          | 6.0 MB  00:00:05     
google-chrome/primary                                                                         | 1.9 kB  00:00:00     
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.sunnyvision.com
 * epel: mirror01.idc.hinet.net
 * extras: mirror.sunnyvision.com
 * updates: mirror.sunnyvision.com
google-chrome                                                                                                    3/3
virtualbox                                                                                                     50/50
No package vlc available.
Error: Nothing to do
[root@localhost mozilla_ferdie0]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.sunnyvision.com
 * epel: mirror01.idc.hinet.net
 * extras: mirror.sunnyvision.com
 * updates: mirror.sunnyvision.com
No packages marked for update

Really not sure how to fix this issue. Any help will do, thanks.

[TrevorH]

From your yum output it appears that nux-dextop is installed but either not enabled or someone has deleted the /etc/yum.repos.d/nux-dextop.repo file that it provides. Run rpm -V nux-dextop-release and if the output says that the file is missing then use yum reinstall /path/to/nux-dextop-release....rpm to reinstall it. If the file does exist, edit it and make sure it says enabled=1 in it.

[peerdong]

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# rpm -V nux-dextop-release 

missing /etc/yum.repos.d/nux-dextop.repo
Yes, I deleted nux-dextop.repo to revert the setup but I ended stucked.

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sudo yum reinstall nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

- Done and reinstalled.

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enabled=1

- Yes indeed, it's there.

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sudo yum info vlc

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sudo yum install vlc

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Finally VLC has landed on my Centos desktop. \o/

[peerdong]

Thanks TreVorh