Linux | Install VLC 1.0 on Ubuntu 9.04
Everyone’s favorite video player, VLC has brought out the 1.0 version. Named as Goldeneye, this has not yet been updated to the Ubuntu Repositories (I tried it didn’t work. Date: 8 July 2009).
I installed VLC 1.0 today and faced some minor issues. Everything sorted out, I thought it will be good if I publish a post about the same, as I didn’t find any online.
1. Open a terminal window. (Open “Run Application” dialog using [Alt]+[F2] and type “gnome-terminal” to open a terminal.)
2. Type out this command to open the sources.list file. Enter your password when prompted for.
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
3. Add the following lines to the end of the sources.list file. Please remember that this is only for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) based OS (That should include Linux Mint 7 too).
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main
4. Save the file and close it.
5. Next type this command into the terminal and press enter.
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7613768D
6. Next update the software archives using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
7. Now you should be ready to install VLC 1.0
sudo apt-get install vlc
8. Now try to run, vlc using this command from the terminal.
vlc &
9. If VLC doesn’t run and shows Segmentation Fault then use this command.
sudo apt-get upgrade vlc
10. VLC should have been upgraded now. Run VLC and it should work!
Try it out today! VLC GoldenEye is really awesome! Am watching The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest using VLC GoldenEye. Enjoy.
