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[Tom <question77693@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77693 on apt in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/77693

Tom proposed the following answer:
Ahh, to find a terminal console try

Applications - Accessories - Terminal

and the type the commands you've been given into the terminal/command
window/console but i have to say that PulseAudio serves the sound to the
Alsa mixer so removing it might not be a great idea - only do this if
you are sure that uninstalling it will help fix your sound.  Sometimes
uninstalling and then reinstalling something does help get a package to
behave :)

xine-ui = User Interface
xinetd = err, i'm not sure about this one lol
xine-dbg = some sort of debugging tool?
libxine = one of the sub-packages that xine will probably need.  

Libraries, codecs and other tools can often be used by other packages so
they are separated out so that only 1 instance needs to be active in
ram&swap even though several packages can then use it simultaneously.
It's one reason why linux is often much faster than Windows because
using ram more efficiently helps a lot with this.  It also means the
only 1 package needs to be updated rather than all the packages that
might also use the same library or whatever.

Because programs are split up into different packages when you try to
install a program through a package manager it will often ask you if
it's allowed to install all the sub-programs the main program will
depend on in order to function - we call these "dependencies".  Often
there will be other sub-programs (or packages), libraries, codecs and so
on that can be added to increase the functionality of any program that
can make use of it.  Try installing "xine-ui" and you'll see that many
of the other parts, including xine itself, will be in the list of
dependencies.  I would agree with AP about trying out gxine except that
i have a feeling that it's not designed for the K Desktop Environment
and so it might drag in a whole lot of other stuff that you don't really
need - unless you want to try out the Gnome desktop too ;)  Kaffeine and
mplayer are also good multi-media players worth trying.

To restart KDE is probably easiest by logging out and in again - perhaps try "Switch User" but just swithc to yourslf and odn't bother really going to a different user at all ;) Of course a full reboot would do the same thing but seems a bit drastic ;)  Here's a guide that might be worth dipping into occasionally ;)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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