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What is a ppa? I tried installing vlc 2.2.1 but I found two PPAs and both of them seem to work? Is there no difference between them? Which one is better for future releases?

  1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-*

  2. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily
sudo apt-get install vlc

Also, why is sudo apt-get update always included in the steps of installing new software? Isn't Ubuntu supposed to be updated by its nature ?

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The main difference is that ppa:mc3man/trusty-media is available only for trusty.

The official PPA is ppa:videolan/stable-daily and currently available for 12.04,14.04,15.04.

Please refer ubuntu/trusty-media and ubuntu/stable-daily

apt-add-repository with a PPA as argument just adds a file into /etc/apt/source.list.d

apt-get update updates the packages to include the new repository.

Please refer AptGet/Howto

Note : There is another PPA available for VLC as well - please refer here

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  • so the second one is better since it works on more than one version. I guess I'll use it from now on. I'll also include vlc-plugin-* with the second ppa. – raudbul Oct 14 '15 at 13:22
  • If you are using trusty..second one give 2.1 ..@raudbul – Ravan Oct 14 '15 at 13:24
  • follow through my linked post at the end =) @raudbul – Ravan Oct 14 '15 at 13:25
  • sorry about that. will use the one u referred me to. – raudbul Oct 14 '15 at 13:28
  • I am using Lubuntu 14.04 LTS by the way and I am going to upgrade to 16.04 LTS when it comes out (https://goo.gl/a4pBJJ). I will probably have to look for a new ppa, right ? Not that it matters, but I just want to know if it's guaranteed to always work or it's just a matter of probability. – raudbul Oct 14 '15 at 13:33
  • @raudbul PPA's will work fine AFAIK-btw you can see in launchpad page,regarding any ppa..(ups in the sense +1 ;)=) – Ravan Oct 14 '15 at 13:57