Install VLC 2.1.2 in Ubuntu 13.10

By
Enock Seth Nyamador

VLC Player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. The current stable version is 2.1.2.

VLC212 VLC 2.1.2 also comes new improvements, see changelog.

Installing VLC

Open Terminal and run the following commands.

$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:anton50489/test
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install vlc

When finished you can remove this PPA since it contains other packages which might not be of your interest:

$ sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:anton50489/test
$ sudo apt-get update

Enjoy.