VLC media player installation on Ubuntu 14.04

As of 2015-09-23, the latest VLC version for Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) provided by this repository is 2.2.1.

Open a terminal and run (for 14.04):

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

For other versions, see here.

To install VLC media player on Ubuntu you can try to open your terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type:

sudo apt-get install vlc

If there are errors, you are welcome to paste the output so people will be able to help you.

You can try to disable IPv6 on your box. Sometimes it can be an issue. To disable IPv6, add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf:

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1

After that open your terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type:

sudo sysctl -p && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install vlc

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