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How to Install VLC 2.1.2 in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10/13.04/13.10

Last updated: July 28, 2015

 
The popular VLC media player has reached version 2.1.x with some fantastic new features, bug fixes and performance improvements. However, the official PPA for Ubuntu 13.10 and earlier is stuck at version 2.0.8.

There’s now a third-party PPA that provides the most recent build of VLC (it’s 2.1.2 so far) to Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04, and Ubuntu 13.10 users. The PPA is maintained by djcj

install vlc 2.1.2 ubuntu 13.10

The PPA is not officially endorsed, supported or otherwise backed by the Videolan team. Use it at your own risk!

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to add the PPA and install VLC.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/vlc-stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc

If you don’t like the PPAs, directly download & install the DEBs from the launchpad page.

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    5 responses to How to Install VLC 2.1.2 in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10/13.04/13.10

    1. 桜 February 8, 2014 at 12:50 pm

      Thank you. I am using 12.04 LTS and I have been waiting for this.

    2. teguh January 4, 2015 at 2:02 pm

      Hi,

      I’am using 13.04
      But i cannot update my VLC from 2.0.9 to the latest.

      [code]
      root@Asus-X201EV:/home/teguh# add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/vlc-stable
      You are about to add the following PPA to your system:

      More info: “https://launchpad.net/~djcj/+archive/ubuntu/vlc-stable”
      Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

      gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpvu_as5/secring.gpg’ created
      gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpvu_as5/pubring.gpg’ created
      gpg: requesting key D4B4972B from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
      gpg: /tmp/tmpvu_as5/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
      gpg: key D4B4972B: public key “Launchpad PPA for djcj” imported
      gpg: Total number processed: 1
      gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
      OK
      root@Asus-X201EV:/home/teguh# apt-get update
      — to long , i cut the info —
      root@Asus-X201EV:/home/teguh# apt-get install vlc
      Reading package lists… Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information… Done
      vlc is already the newest version.
      — to long , i cut the info —
      root@Asus-X201EV:/home/sukanime# dpkg -l vlc | grep vlc
      ii vlc 2.0.8+git20131210+r49167+9+6~ubuntu13.04.1 i386 multimedia player and streamer
      [/code]

      Help, how to update it?

      • Ji m January 4, 2015 at 2:56 pm

        sorry that the VLC binary for 13.04 has been removed since it reached the end of life. Please upgrade to/install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with 5 years support (until 2019).

        • teguh January 10, 2015 at 11:57 am

          Thanks for the reply.

          I’am still in love with 13.04, and i don’t have any problem with it, so thank for the suggestion.
          but i will not upgrade my lovely 13.04, the newer version of Ubuntu have problem with Zekr, it’s always said i missing the fonts, but i cannot install the fonts because ubuntu delete it from the newer version.
          so i gonna stick with vlc 2.0.8.

    3. Chandramouli April 27, 2016 at 2:49 pm

      Kindlly help me to play DVDs in Dell Laptop Inspiron 3541 Ubntu 12.04 LTS . Suitable VLC sugests and where download the same. Please mail your reply to mys email id too.

      Regards
      Chandra
      Karnatka
      India