How to Upgrade VLC in Ubuntu

The version of VLC in the standard Ubuntu repository (version 0.9.9) contains the controls in a separate window to the video output. This article lists steps to upgrade VLC to a beta test of version 1.0. * The problem: the issue that does...

Method 1 of 2:

Add a PPA repository

Open the Software Sources application. In ubuntu operating system, you need to click on the system > administration > software sources menu.
Click on the third party software tab.
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
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.
Open a terminal window for input.
Type the following:
1. sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.Ubuntu.Com 0x0e494dbb2f021ac1
Enter your password as prompted, as the system has a requirement that a user with super-user access can update the keyring
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
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

Method 2 of 2:

Install the release candidate for vlc 1.0.0

In your window for the terminal, type the following: sudo apt-get install vlc
Or you can open up your package manager (you need to go to: System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager)
Then in the search type the following: vlc
click with the mouse button on the vlc package and select to upgrade and watch for progress.