How to Upgrade VLC in Ubuntu

Add a PPA repository

1. 

   Open the Software Sources application. In ubuntu operating system, you need to click on the system > administration > software sources menu.

2. 

   Click on the third party software tab.

3. 

   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

4. 

   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.

5. 

   Open a terminal window for input.

6. 

   Type the following:

   1. sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.Ubuntu.Com 0x0e494dbb2f021ac1

7. 

   Enter your password as prompted, as the system has a requirement that a user with super-user access can update the keyring

8. 

   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

9. 

   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