How to Upgrade VLC in Ubuntu

Add a PPA repository

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   Open the Software Sources application. In ubuntu operating system, you need to click on the system > administration > software sources menu.
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   Click on the third party software tab.
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   Add the following sources (be sure to copy the complete line of text from 'deb' to 'main':

   1. deb http://ppa.Launchpad.Net/kow/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
   2. deb-src http://ppa.Launchpad.Net/kow/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
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   Click on ok. You may receive the warning of error of unable to authenticate. Just relax, this is okay. The next steps will fix this.
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   Open a terminal window for input.
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   Type the following:

   1. sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.Ubuntu.Com 0x0e494dbb2f021ac1
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   Enter your password as prompted, as the system has a requirement that a user with super-user access can update the keyring
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   Now you must tell the operating system to re-load the details of each software archive that it knows about (since we just did the addition of a new package library), type the following: sudo apt-get update
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   It is now best to remove your old version of vlc, as just the update may not function well in 100% of cases as we are moving to a re-release version. Type the following: sudo apt-get remove vlc