error in Synaptic Package Manager

Try using the Terminal to install Totem.

Update your repository with:

sudo apt-get update

Then, install Totem:

sudo apt-get install totem

HTH.

I thank you so much for answering....

And I am truly sorry but you are now talking to someone that knows nothing,
I am a senior and follow instructions better with just the basic click here
etc. than trying to understand the workings of it all... :)
... Could you please go step by step... for instance, where do I go to for

sudo apt-get update

On 16 July 2010 01:29, Ian Ace A. Culallad <
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> Your question #117851 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ian Ace A. Culallad proposed the following answer:
> Try using the Terminal to install Totem.
>
> Update your repository with:
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> Then, install Totem:
>
> sudo apt-get install totem
>
> HTH.
>
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Accessories->Terminal

At this point, you should be on the Terminal (you can see a blinking cursor). Input the command:

sudo apt-get update

and press Enter key - You should be prompted to input your password. Enter your user password and no characters will echo back on your screen (that's just normal).

After the repository update process, Input the other command to install Totem:

sudo apt-get install totem

HTH.

Ian, I am an idiot.... all your directions are great for someone with more
understanding...

What I did was to go to the top left of my screen and click onto

System.... Administration.... and then Synaptic Package Manager... is this
the right place to be in???

I have no understanding of the words you are using to help you at that
end....

On 16 July 2010 01:47, Ian Ace A. Culallad <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #117851 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ian Ace A. Culallad proposed the following answer:
> Accessories->Terminal
>
> At this point, you should be on the Terminal (you can see a blinking
> cursor). Input the command:
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> and press Enter key - You should be prompted to input your password.
> Enter your user password and no characters will echo back on your screen
> (that's just normal).
>
> After the repository update process, Input the other command to install
> Totem:
>
> sudo apt-get install totem
>
> HTH.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851/+confirm?answer_id=2
>
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Joy

Ian..........

I have just thought, can I send you a screenshot... Will this help us to work together??

Synaptic Package manager:

Click the box next to the one you want to
install then a box will open, Click mark for
install. Then click apply. Then a new
window will open and click apply again.

and that's it....

At last I found Terminal, and typed in sudo apt-get update as Ian said
oocevin....

And all these items came up along with this at the end!!!
*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?
*
Is this any help for you ....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On 16 July 2010 02:44, oocevin <email address hidden> wrote:

> Your question #117851 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> oocevin proposed the following answer:
> Synaptic Package manager:
>
> Click the box next to the one you want to
> install then a box will open, Click mark for
> install. Then click apply. Then a new
> window will open and click apply again.
>
> and that's it....
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851/+confirm?answer_id=5
>
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Joy

Why do you need to install Totem, it's a Ubuntu standard application, isn't it in
applications -> sound & video?

Anyway, as suggested, right click on package name and mark for installation.
e.g.
http://www.debianadmin.com/images/syn/14.png

Further procedure incl. screenshots in section
"Install a Package Using Synaptic Package Manager"
http://www.debianadmin.com/simple-package-management-with-synaptic-package-manager-in-ubuntu.html

> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another
process using it?

Joy,
while working in a terminal you need to close GUIs, e.g. Synaptic, Software Center, Update Manager ...
Then try again.

 after you mark for install , up toward the top click the green arrow to apply .
 mplayer is just as good as totem . it is in the list at application- sound&video .

To understand where I am.

Somebody installed ubantu on my computer about 2 years back... I loved it
and it was working well until recently when I needed a new hard drive...This
person has moved on to wherever....and then I found another person who could
help me with Linux...

Problem now is person number 2 doesn't know anything about ubantu.... so
they installed ubantu for me and also puppy, puppy being the one they are
used to.... I am told that puppy is the very easiest one to use as
everything is in there right from the start... but I need some time to play
and get used to it... If anyone knows about puppy and can verify that it is
so easy, then I shall go onto that one....

In ubantu I can't get my music to play unless I hold my curser to each
individual song, and if I try to play it on media player (I think it is
called that) this comes up for a second and then goes off the screen and to
where I don't know... Also, I can't play youtube, or the crosswords and
jigsaws... And so person number 2 suggested to get totem up and running
first...... hence my contacting you...

On 16 July 2010 03:12, Sam <email address hidden> wrote:

> Your question #117851 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Sam proposed the following answer:
> Why do you need to install Totem, it's a Ubuntu standard application, isn't
> it in
> applications -> sound & video?
>
> Anyway, as suggested, right click on package name and mark for
> installation.
> e.g.
> http://www.debianadmin.com/images/syn/14.png
>
> Further procedure incl. screenshots in section
> "Install a Package Using Synaptic Package Manager"
>
> http://www.debianadmin.com/simple-package-management-with-synaptic-package-manager-in-ubuntu.html
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851/+confirm?answer_id=7
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/117851
>
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
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Joy

In my opinion Puppy is a very small Linux.
It's for the little PCs that do not have much
ram and such.

I would just have Ubuntu in my system for
OS.

No sense having two linux.

Maybe should ask how to delete Puppy
and to keep Ubuntu.

If you have any files you want to keep
add that to your question also.

You have 3 way to install totem, please choose one:

a) from Application→Ubuntu software center
b) from System→Administration→Synaptic Package Manager
c) from terminal

Please try option c) so please close all opened Synaptic manager or other package manager for example Application→Ubuntu software center

Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(if the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install totem

Hth

I need to sleep, I shall log back in the morning........... Thanks for your
help so far
'Night

On 16 July 2010 03:51, marcobra (Marco Braida) <
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> Your question #117851 on synaptic in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+question/117851
>
> Project: Ubuntu => synaptic in ubuntu
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Good morning Joy,
to clarify, you have Puppy
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy
and Ubuntu installed.

1. In Puppy a media player (gxine) should be under 'Multimedia'
http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/scaled/Puppy%205.0/4.gif
http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/scaled/Puppy%205.0/15.gif

2. Ubuntu includes already Totem as default media player.
Top Panel -> Applications -> Sound & Video -> Movie Player
http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/scaled/Ubuntu%2010.04/23.gif

3. If you don't find it there we should verify if you're currently running Puppy or Ubuntu.
Type (or better copy & paste) in a terminal:
lsb_release -a
uname -a

## After each line hit [Enter] and post the output here, thanks.

Anyway, in order to make it easier for you and not running into conflicts in the future, I second the recommendation from oocevin to make a choice between the two distributions.

can you please help me with this problem:

E: Malformed line 59 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

as i install the totem,it dint work with this problem