Can't install Sopcast

Hello. I need your help to solve my problem : sopcast-player: Depends on: libvlc-dev should not be installed
I downloaded
libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++.so.5.0.1
but I can't find folder ursr/lib to move the files into the folder


robbi466 @rdr-HP-Notebook: ~ $ Sudo apt-get install sopcast-player
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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
sopcast-player: Depends on: libvlc-dev should not be installed
E: Problems can not be corrected, you have retained defective packages.

There currently isn't a a complete package in Ubuntu 18.04 repository, I think. (EDIT: I Was Wrong! See below ...)
You probably need to install using gdebi package manager or Synaptic.
For gdebi, first download dependency packages:
https://launchpad.net/~linuxthebest.net ... _amd64.deb
install using gdebi.
Then, Sopcast player:
https://launchpad.net/~linuxthebest.net ... _amd64.deb

Hello. Thank for feedback , but I can't install sopcast- player - no error message

robbi466 wrote:Hello. Thank for feedback , but I can't install sopcast- player - no error message

I tried searching it with Synaptic and no help there...

The most recent release for Sopcast Player is Sopcast Player 0.8.5.
This was made around the time of Ubuntu 14.04. IT shows no updates or support past that point.

Code:

2.library dependency
If you don't have stdc++ 5 in your system, please download the libstdcpp5.tgz from
www.sopcast.com, and copy the
libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++.so.5.0.1
to /usr/lib/

The copy command must be:
cp -a libstdc++.so.5* /usr/lib
With '-a' parameter, and you must login as root.

I followed these instructions successfully, but found something interesting. The download link supplied the package in a folder called usr/lib. It is improperly packaged.
On my download, I corrected this and manually installed the libstdc.5 files into my usr/lib folder with root privileges.
I then tried installing the Sopcast player again and again, it stated the sp-auth is not satisfiable.

Everything I have tried and checked just does not seem to match the system. I will keep working on it- maybe there is a simple solution; but it may be that sopcast player is too old and since it is no longer supported, just won't work on many systems out there.

robbi466,
I found a ppa for Sopcast player, let's try the following:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxthebest.net/sopcast

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Code:

sudo apt-get install sopcast-player

I tested this on my machine and it installed and works- showed up in the applications menu under multimedia on mine.
Hopefully, this will get you up and running.