Packagers

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	Gitweb or PTS	git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-multimedia/vlc.git vlc-debian	The current packaging is either in the experimental or sid branch. For the nightlies packaging, see the videolan branch.
Fedora	RPM Fusion Viewvc[dead link] and Fedora Viewvc[dead link]	export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/pkgs export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpmfusion.org:/cvs/free cvs co <module>	Available at the RPM Fusion third part repository for Fedora: RPM Fusion bug report VLC bugs reported at RPM Fusion
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.
Mandriva Linux	Websvn[dead link]	svn co http://svn.mandriva.com/svn/packages/cooker/vlc/current/ vlc	The official build has many codecs disabled, the full build is in the third party PLF repository
Ubuntu	BzrWeb or Launchpad Code	bzr branch https://code.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu
Slackware	slackware.com or UK mirror	lctp -c "open http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/ ; mirror vlc" rsync -av rsync://rsync.slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc .	The "restricted_slackbuilds" packages are restricted for distribution: they are built with mp3/aac encoding capability. This makes them unfit for hosting in the US, hence a UK mirror is used