Revision as of 15:50, 16 October 2008

VLC packages / VCS URLs in Linux distros

Distribution	Web-based viewer for repository	What to do to fetch the repository	Notes
ALT Linux	gitweb or sisyphus	git clone git://git.altlinux.org/people/thresh/packages/vlc.git altlinux-vlc
Debian GNU/Linux	Websvn or PTS	svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-multimedia/experimental/vlc vlc-exp	The current packaging is either in the experimental or unstable branch. For the nightlies packaging, see the videolan branch.
Gentoo	Portage tree and Patchsets	cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot co gentoo/src/patchsets/vlc cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot co gentoo-x86/media-video/vlc	Most patches are in the patchset, patches applied are the highest version that is lower than the one you want. Some small and temporary patches may also be in the portage tree in the files subdirectory. See also the packaging notes.
Ubuntu	BzrWeb or Launchpad Code	bzr branch https://code.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu

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 * The current packaging is either in the experimental or unstable branch.
 * For the [http://nightlies.videolan.org nightlies] packaging, see the videolan branch.
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+| Gentoo
+| [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/media-video/vlc/ Portage tree] and [http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/vlc/ Patchsets]
+| cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot co gentoo/src/patchsets/vlc
+cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot co gentoo-x86/media-video/vlc
+|
+* Most patches are in the patchset, patches applied are the highest version that is lower than the one you want.
+* Some small and temporary patches may also be in the portage tree in the files subdirectory.
+* See also the [http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/video/vlc.xml packaging notes].
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