A Quick Upgrade to VLC 1.0 in Ubuntu 9.04
Being a major release, to install VLC 1.0 in Ubuntu 9.04, it’s advisable to completely scrap-out any previous version to prevent a conflict during the upgrade.
To uninstall either, search for VLC in the Synaptic Package Manager and uninstall it together with vlc-nox and vlc-data
or do so from the command-line with
1 | sudo apt-get remove vlc vlc-nox vlc-data |
Now to re-install, if you had installed the pre-release of VLC 1.0 using this repository
1 2 | deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kow/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kow/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main |
with the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) Authentication , then you know just what to do.
If you dclass not install the pre-release this way or at-all, then add the above repository to your ect/apt/sources.list, authenticate
and install VLC 1.0 with
1 2 | sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-nox vlc-data |
Run with vlc from a terminal or go to Applications -> Sound & Vclasseo -> VLC media player
Update:
It seems the PPA for Kow above has VLC 1.0 rc4 and not VLC 1.0. Though there is no big difference GUI-wise between VCL 1.0 and VLC 1.0 rc4 its still better to get the most recent release, that is VLC 1.0.
Remove the PPA for Kow, uninstall VLC and use this PPA
1 2 | deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main |
import the GPG key, copy and paste in a terminal
1 | sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7613768D |
Move ahead and re-install VLC
10:42 am on July 8th, 2009
I immediately noticed on the Synaptic package manager that i had vlc 1.0 rc4 with the Kow PPa. Now i’ve switched to the C-Korn ppa that gives Vlc 1.0. anyway there is no big difference.
10:49 am on July 8th, 2009
Why not just wait for the .deb package on Videolan website. why all the rush???
8:10 pm on July 8th, 2009
@SISWE: Because VLC is a 5 Star media player….
9:05 pm on July 8th, 2009
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3:35 am on July 15th, 2009
Thanks for the installation process!
1:49 pm on July 29th, 2009
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6:37 pm on October 31st, 2009
didnt work for me tried to reinstall got this error
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: libqtcore4 (>= 4.5.1) but 4.5.0-0ubuntu4.2 is to be installed
Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4.5.1) but 4.5.0-0ubuntu4.2 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
11:12 pm on October 6th, 2010
I am very very new to ubuntu, and i am trying to install the VlC as you said but i cant seem to find where to put the two line of code that should go into the etc/apt/source.list it doesnt have a place to save the info. I tried the etc/apt/source.list.save, that allowed me to enter the two lines but will not allow me to save it. PLEASE HELP ME