That is for Dapper!! Always check which version of Mint/Ubuntu the package is made forbut it has file 404 not found errors.(located at bottom of the page)
I made a quick check and the only way to get VLC seems to be the way you've found
How to Upgrade VLC
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Husse
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
I made a quick check and the only way to get VLC seems to be the way you've found
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Fred
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
woody79_00,
I hesitate to suggest this, but there is another way you can probably get the very latest VLC. This works fine on my KDE CE of Mint 5. I want to warn you however, that It may break something on your install, so use at your own risk and be prepared to go back to the earlier version if necessary.
This is the repo for the nightly builds of VLC for Debian. If it works ok for you be sure to disable the repo after you finish upgrading VLC. There is no way of knowing if the nightly build will work each and every night. In fact, it probably won't. So once you have a good working version, don't tamper with it. I have had good luck with the nightly for the past week or so.
Put this in your repo list:
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
In a terminal do a:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -u install vlc libdvdcss2 mozilla-plugin-vlc
Close the terminal
Be sure and comment out the repo above after you do this and do another:
sudo apt-get update
Fred
I hesitate to suggest this, but there is another way you can probably get the very latest VLC. This works fine on my KDE CE of Mint 5. I want to warn you however, that It may break something on your install, so use at your own risk and be prepared to go back to the earlier version if necessary.
This is the repo for the nightly builds of VLC for Debian. If it works ok for you be sure to disable the repo after you finish upgrading VLC. There is no way of knowing if the nightly build will work each and every night. In fact, it probably won't. So once you have a good working version, don't tamper with it. I have had good luck with the nightly for the past week or so.
Put this in your repo list:
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
In a terminal do a:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -u install vlc libdvdcss2 mozilla-plugin-vlc
Close the terminal
Be sure and comment out the repo above after you do this and do another:
sudo apt-get update
Fred
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Husse
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
Hi Fred
I considered your solution but did not know if it worked
Can't be stressed enough that the repo should be removed once VLC is installed
I considered your solution but did not know if it worked
Can't be stressed enough that the repo should be removed once VLC is installed
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
Fred, looks like a good solution to me. All of the proper warnings are there and it is simple enough to revert back to the previously installed version should things go wrong.I know that many are real interested in the newer version of VLC. Nice instructions!
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mercier
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
new vlc works for me on mint5 64bit. i downloaded the tar.bz2 file, did ./configure, and installed all the missing libraries that were shown as missing in the terminal.
it works ok, but 16:6 format is not doing ok. at least i have new interface...
it works ok, but 16:6 format is not doing ok. at least i have new interface...
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mercier
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
update: at leas one of the movies that was working fine in the old version is looking scrambled in 0.9.5.mercier wrote:new vlc works for me on mint5 64bit. i downloaded the tar.bz2 file, did ./configure, and installed all the missing libraries that were shown as missing in the terminal.
it works ok, but 16:6 format is not doing ok. at least i have new interface...
so i just did : sudo make uninstall.
now i have old version and it's working great.
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Fred
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
What I suggested will bring you the 1.0.0 version which is a work in progress. It is coming along nicely I might add.
Just head my warnings above.
Fred
Just head my warnings above.
Fred
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Fred
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
woody79_00,
The way you described would probably be safer than what I suggested. Glad it worked out for you.
Fred
The way you described would probably be safer than what I suggested. Glad it worked out for you.
Fred
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Rogar
Re: How to Upgrade VLC
I added the launchpad repository through synaptic, but when I hit "Reload" I get this nag:
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu/ ... ackages.gz 404 Not Found
If I go there with a web browser, I can find "Packages.gz". What's up with that?
I'm using mint xfce 5, which rocks on my 10 year old computer.
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu/ ... ackages.gz 404 Not Found
If I go there with a web browser, I can find "Packages.gz". What's up with that?
I'm using mint xfce 5, which rocks on my 10 year old computer.