Last Updated on April 18, 2021 by admin
A few days ago version 2.0 of the popular VLC media player was released, called Twoflower. Since it is not yet in the repositories, you have to add a repository if you want to update your present version.
Independent of your distribution, first log in as root:
su
On Linux Mint 12 and Ubuntu 11.10, add following repository:
add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc
Afterwards, update your sources list:
apt-get update
Finally, install VLC 2.0:
apt-get install vlc
On openSuSE 12.1, add following repository:
zypper ar http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/12.1 VLC
Then refresh your sources:
zypper refresh
And finally install VLC:
zypper in vlc
You can find the release notes for the new version on the VLC homepage: http://www.videolan.org/