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== VLC packages / VCS URLs in Linux distros ==

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! Distribution
! Web-based viewer for repository
! What to do to fetch the repository
! Notes
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| ALT Linux
| [http://git.altlinux.org/people/thresh/packages/vlc.git Gitweb] or [http://www.sisyphus.ru/srpm/vlc Sisyphus]
| git clone git://git.altlinux.org/people/thresh/packages/vlc.git altlinux-vlc
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| Debian GNU/Linux
| [http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-multimedia/vlc.git;a=summary Gitweb] or [http://packages.qa.debian.org/v/vlc.html PTS]
| git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-multimedia/vlc.git vlc-debian
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* The current packaging is either in the experimental or sid branch.
* For the [http://nightlies.videolan.org nightlies] packaging, see the videolan branch.
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| Fedora
| [http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/vlc/?root=free RPM Fusion Viewvc]{{dead link}} and [http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/ Fedora Viewvc]{{dead link}}
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export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/pkgs

export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.rpmfusion.org:/cvs/free

cvs co <module>
| Available at the [http://rpmfusion.org RPM Fusion] third part repository for [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora]:
* [http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org RPM Fusion bug report]
* [https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=vlc VLC bugs reported at RPM Fusion]
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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
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* 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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| Ubuntu
| [http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu/files BzrWeb] or [https://code.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu Launchpad Code]
| bzr branch https://code.launchpad.net/~motumedia/vlc/ubuntu
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| Slackware
| [http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ slackware.com] or [http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/ 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
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