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I try to install a small audio player named "Audacious" with the following command:

sudo apt-get install audacious

and it tells me that it depends audacious-plugins,

so I try to install the audacious-plugins,

one thing leads to another, there are numerous depends and it is just impossible to install all of them manually...

Is it even possible to install a software on Ubuntu Linux?

Is there a way to auto install all the depends?

---- Edit ----

I added the following sources list and now the dependencies can be auto installed.

deb http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid main universe restricted multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-backports universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-backports universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/Ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe main multiverse restricted
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  • which version of Ubuntu are you using?
    – Shevek
    May 21, 2010 at 16:13
  • apt-get should install dependencies automatically.
    – petersohn
    May 21, 2010 at 16:16
  • Thanks Shevek and petersohn. I kind of solved this problem just now. I added some more software sources to my sources.list file. And the dependencies are installed automatically now. So I guess what the source list does is just "to tell the apt where to auto download the missing software", am i right?
    – smwikipedia
    May 21, 2010 at 17:14
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    Please post an answer, mentioning what sources were added by you. You can accept it later on and possibly help others
    – Sathyajith Bhat ♦
    May 21, 2010 at 17:48
  • You might want to review your definition of "small audio player" :) There are much smaller players than audacious.
    – vtest
    Apr 22, 2011 at 8:18

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apt-get installs all dependents, IIRC. Not sure why you're getting this problem. Try installng from Add/Remove Programs or Ubuntu Software centre

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  • I think Xubunt default installation lacks enough souce list. After I added some sources, the dependencies are auto-installed now. So I guess what the source list does is just "to tell the apt where to auto download the missing software".
    – smwikipedia
    May 21, 2010 at 17:16
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I add some sources and the problem is solved. Thanks guys.

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