PPA and Muon

[oshunluvr]

Here's the VLC ppa: https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+arc...u/stable-daily

This is updated quite often, sometimes daily.

[anonprivate]

Here's the VLC ppa: https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+arc...u/stable-daily

This is updated quite often, sometimes daily.

Yes, that is the PPA that the user (Admin, I think) said was not updated very often. However, you know from experience, that it is updated regularly.

A related point. I use kubuntu 14.04 and vlc 2.1.6. If I use the PPA, I assume that it would update all the newer security features, but if it updates the version, as I expect it will, and, for some reason, it does not run properly on kubuntu 14.04, I assume that I can just uninstal it and revert to the version currently in muon (2.1.6).

If I un-installed the newer version in muon, I assume that the original version would simply appear.

Regarding muon. When I see the packages in muon are they specific for my OS and version, or, is this a general repository which all kubuntu users use? We all see the same packages - I expect that this is the case otherwise there would be numerous archives.

Best wishes

[Snowhog]

Regarding muon. When I see the packages in muon are they specific for my OS and version, or, is this a general repository which all kubuntu users use? We all see the same packages - I expect that this is the case otherwise there would be numerous archives.

Best wishes

It's specific for the version of Kubuntu you are running. That is true for the default repositories. Those you add manually -- PPAs -- should also be for the version of Kubuntu you are running, but could be for a version other than that, if that is what you, the user, specified. Mixing versions in repositories is almost never a good idea, and is generally to be avoided.

[anonprivate]

It's specific for the version of Kubuntu you are running. That is true for the default repositories. Those you add manually -- PPAs -- should also be for the version of Kubuntu you are running, but could be for a version other than that, if that is what you, the user, specified. Mixing versions in repositories is almost never a good idea, and is generally to be avoided.

Thank you.

[anonprivate]

Here's the VLC ppa: https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+arc...u/stable-daily

This is updated quite often, sometimes daily.

I had a closer look at that vlc repository.

It seems that the vlc versions are for either ubuntu version 5 or 16.

Since I am running kubuntu 14.04, I am hesitant regarding compatibility with my version of kubuntu.

[oshunluvr]

I had a closer look at that vlc repository.

It seems that the vlc versions are for either ubuntu version 5 or 16.

Since I am running kubuntu 14.04, I am hesitant regarding compatibility with my version of kubuntu.

I doubt it will cause any problems the PPA only installs VLC and not other libraries.

However, https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/vlc

[anonprivate]

I doubt it will cause any problems the PPA only installs VLC and not other libraries.

However, https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/vlc

I installed a recommended PPA from: launchpad.net/marian.kadanka/vlc

I was surprised that the credits, authorship, licence and version sections are blank. It functions well, and the site gave the version. It would be nice if vlc had a feature for changing colours, they seem dependent on the desktop parameters.