Thanks Balint for the reply but I want to do it using apt-get from the terminal.
If it helps, I tried doing apt-get install vlc instead of xchat and it returns me: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 1.1.3-1squeeze6) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2) but it is not installable Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.6.1) but it is not installable Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not installable Depends: libsdl-image1.2 (>= 1.2.10) but it is not installable Depends: libtar but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-keysyms1 (>= 0.3.6) but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.1) but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-shm0 but it is not installable Depends: libxcb-xv0 (>= 1.2) but it is not installable Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 1.1.3-1squeeze6) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 1.1.3-1squeeze6) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAEQEn00gEadRK=enwhrwmogpgcdev1wf9ao7zvgpxejfxxp...@mail.gmail.com