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stable ppa not updating to correct version

Asked by bobbym

Hi;

I am running these commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc

the install goes well but puts in 2.16 Rincewind instead of the expected 2.2 series. This occurs even if I uninstall vlc first. I am running linux mint 17.1 Rebecca but figured that since it was a fork of Ububtu this was the right ppa to try. What can I do?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Linux mint has its own support channels on http://forums.linuxmint.com/ (or http://www.linuxmint.com/ )
Please ask there.

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bobbym (mpopyft) said : 		#2

Hi;

I have posted there and to the debelopers of vlc as well as the ones at the ppa.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

Crossposting is not encouraged.

Further remarks:

16 is greater than 2, so 2.16 is a higher number than 2.2

The PPA ppa:videolan/stable-daily seems outdated, it shows that the standard Ubuntu repositories have higher versions (I do not know anything about repositories for mint), see https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/ubuntu/stable-daily

see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc for the different versions of vlc for the Ubuntu releases (I have no ides how the mint versions are related to the Ubuntu releases).

If Linux mint 17.1 is equivalent to Ubuntu trusty, you might be able to get a higher version form ppa:dirk-computer42/c42-edge

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bobbym (mpopyft) said : 		#4

Hi;

I am sorry but I am new to this forum, what is crossposting? How do I reply except by using the box below me?

I meant 2.2.1 which is higher than 2.1.6, the one I am getting. What are linux mint users supposed to do if they can not use this ppa and no one at that linuxmint forum knows how to get version 2.2.1? Also, when I try the master series ppa, it fails to install vlc 3.0 just gets tons of unmet dependencies.

I will leave you alone now and thanks for your help, again sorry for the breach in protocol.

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Agnishom Chattopadhyay (cagnishom) said : 		#6

Hi bobbym;

When it gives you a ton of unmet dependencies, how about you try installing them all seperately?

May I have your terminal output?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#7

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting (or even worse: multiposting)

If there is no vlc 2.2.1 version available in the repositories of Linux mint, please complain in Linux mint support.

If you want to have that version on your system, the only chance probably is to compile that program from source yourself http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html

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