How To Install VLC 1.1.9 In Ubuntu Linux

Well I don't think anyone needs an introduction to VLC media player but for those of you who haven't it is one of the the best multimedia players available for GNU Linux!. It is a cross-platform app, meaning that it is available for Windows, Mac OSX... as well.

Although it's been few week (if I'm not mistaken) since they released the 1.1.9 version and it won't necessarily bring new features but does come with some bug fixes anyhow. It can play almost all the video/audio codecs known to man :) and using PPA channels you can install it very easily in Ubuntu and sometimes these PPA developers include some new features that aren't included default by the developers as well.

To install VLC in Ubuntu 10.10, open your Terminal and issue the below command.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc

For Ubuntu 11.04 users please use the below command instead.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa: n-muench/vlc2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc

For more information, please visit this VLC home page.