How to install the latest version of VLC (2.1.2) on Ubuntu 12.04?

Question

I need play video in ultra-hd 4K definition (3840×2160 pixels) and my favorite player is VLC.

In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the latest available version of VLC is 2.0.8 which does not have support for this type of videos and need to update to the latest available version of VLC (2.1.2).

How I can install the latest stable version of VLC on Ubuntu 12.04?

Solution 1

There's now a third-party PPA that provides the most recent build of VLC for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one:

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

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc

via: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/02/install-vlc-2-1-2-ubuntu-12-04/

Solution 2

Check the official VLC PPA.

For the current stable version of VLC that is ppa:videolan/stable-daily

Add it to your system

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily

Update and upgrade / install VLC

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc

To install the latest version add the daily updated

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily

Note: The VLC Stable PPA contains the same version of Ubuntu 12.04 repositories (2.0.8) and VLC Master PPA contains 2.2.0 (development version).

Comments

[Admin]

no, it is not a duplicate... there is no response about how to update to the latest stable version of VLC

[lozanotux]

The VLC PPA that contains the same version of Ubuntu 12.04 repositories (2.0.8)

[Maythux]

See the edited answer

[lozanotux]

I need the latest stable version (2.1.2) not the development version (2.2.0)

[lozanotux]

can not simply update the necessary packages in the repositories of Ubuntu 12.04. Or at least how to compile it by hand? I can not enjoy a full Ubuntu system having so many complications for a simple program

[kiri]

@lozanotux The repos cannot simply be 'updated' because they are frozen and only updated for security fixes. See my edits about compiling.

[lozanotux]

Sure, but I need some kind of guide or instructions as I need more recent libraries to compile

[kiri]

@lozanotux Can't help you there, I don't have much experience compiling but there should be a README with instructions in the source package.

[lozanotux]

Definitely can not help me, I expected more from AskUbuntu. I know what a README file and what are the steps... need some updated libraries to compile VLC and there is no PPA that provides this libraries. At the end, after all Ubuntu fails to be a fully usable operating system (at least not in this way).

[Glutanimate]

Thanks for sharing this repo. Unfortunately it appears as though the VLC build for 12.04 failed. Upgrading won't be possible at the moment.

[Admin]

that still works in 14.04 to get the not-yet-stable 2.2 when ppa:videolan/master-daily gives errors

[tigerjack]

the ppa doesn't work anymore