VLC media player for Ubuntu
Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10
Graphical way
Open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager).
In Settings -> Repositories, make sure you have an
universe repository activated.
Search for vlc and install it. You should install vlc-plugin-pulse/ and mozilla-plugin-vlc as well.
If you are interested in streaming or transcoding,
you should additionnally install libavcodec-extra-52
from a multiverse repository.
Command line way
You need to check that a universe mirror is listed
in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
% sudo apt-get update % sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS
VLC version 1.0.6 in Ubuntu 10.04 is out-of-date. We recommend you install VLC 1.1.x manually. If you wish to install VLC 1.0.6 anyway, please refer to the instructions above for Ubuntu 10.10. Note that there will be some bugs; you are on your own.
Ubunty Karmic Koala 9.10,
Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04,
Ubuntu Hardy Heron LTS 8.04
VLC 1.0.2 in Ubuntu 9.10 has known security issues, as do older versions in older Ubuntu releases. We strongly recommend that you update to a newer Ubuntu release, install a newer VLC version manually, and/or demand proper security support for VLC from Ubuntu.
Note: on Ubuntu 8.04, you should install vlc-plugin-esd instead of vlc-plugin-pulse.
How To Add repositories
If you don't know how to add repositories, follow the guides:
Kubuntu users
The instructions for Ubuntu also apply to Kubuntu. But you should:
- Use Adept instead of Synaptic;
- Install vlc-plugin-arts instead of vlc-plugin-esd