Revision as of 11:15, 12 March 2009

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://git.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.
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
Mandriva Linux	Websvn	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

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 | ALT Linux
-| [http://git.altlinux.org/people/thresh/packages/vlc.git gitweb] or [http://www.sisyphus.ru/srpm/vlc sisyphus]
+| [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
 |-
 | Debian GNU/Linux
-| [http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-multimedia/experimental/vlc/ Websvn] or [http://packages.qa.debian.org/v/vlc.html PTS]
+| [http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-multimedia/vlc.git;a=summary Gitweb] or [http://packages.qa.debian.org/v/vlc.html PTS]
-| svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-multimedia/experimental/vlc vlc-exp
+| git clone git://git.debian.org/pkg-multimedia/vlc.git vlc-debian
 |
-* The current packaging is either in the experimental or unstable branch.
+* 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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 | svn co http://svn.mandriva.com/svn/packages/cooker/vlc/current/ vlc
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-The official build has many codecs disabled, the full build is in the third party PLF repository
+* The official build has many codecs disabled, the full build is in the third party PLF repository
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