how to open a terminal in ubuntu12.04

Asked by mr courage

i want to install vlc player by running acommand in terminal.when i try to install vlc using software centre , amessage comes "failed to bring repository information"

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Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said :
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You can open a terminal by running the Terminal application from the Dash or simply by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.

To solve the problem with the repository, make sure you have internet connection and follow this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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If you use the terminal a lot you may want to try guake (or yakuake in KDE)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

What is the output of :

sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a

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