On Monday 20 March 2017 00:18:37 Harry wrote: > Hi, I have installed Debian 8.5.0 cinnamon i386 .I like the program > after having a lot of crashes with linux mint !My problem now is i can't > get anything to play a video disc , Totem does'nt work , video player gives > the message could not support initializing library. Forums suggest > uninstalling gstreamer but then i find theres several in the the system , > so which one or all ??Nothing seems to help . I thought of updating > Debian but i can't find out how to do that either ! Linux mint had a simple > update manager .Hope you can help . > Thank you , Harry
Welcome to Debian. Just changing subject line to attract people who know about video. What have you got in your sources.list? /etc/apt/sources.list That is usually a good place to start, because you may need some additional and non-free software, which may not be available in Debian main. There are lots of ways to update. I use (and recommend) # aptitude update # aptitude full-upgrade at the command line, but by saying so I have probably started a flame war. As I said, there are lots of ways. Whichever way you do it, you should certainly upgrade now!! Confusingly, Debian uses the term upgrade for what you are meaning by update. Lisi
