[PLUG] VLC 3.0

John Jason Jordan johnxj at gmx.com
Sun Feb 11 00:04:26 UTC 2018


On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:18:13 -0800
Tim Garton <garton.tim at gmail.com> dijo:

>From what I've read online, I don't think the Linux version of 3.0 has
>been released yet. I could be mistaken though

I had it installed, so definitely released. But you have to install it
with Snap; there are no .deb or .rpm packages yet. And from what I read
on the VLC forums, they apparently have no intention of releasing .deb
or .rpm packages. You can get the source, however, so I assume distro
managers will soon make .debs and .rpms.

This is my first time ever installing something with Snap. It's kind of
strange and so far I'm not sure I like it. But my opinion will probably
improve after I learn more about how it works and how to use it. After
installing Snap, to install vlc you just do 'snap install vlc.' But
unlike using apt-get where lines and lines of procedures appear in the
terminal and remain there after apt-get finishes installing the
application, Snap echoes lines explaining what it's doing, but they
disappear immediately, too fast to read, being replaced by the next
line. When it finished my terminal said:

	$sudo snap install vlc
	$vlc 3.0.0 from 'videolan' installed

I had no record of the myriad things it did during the installation.
There is probably an option to make the lines remain, but if I cannot
see what it did after it finishes, Snap is not for me.

I also note that there is now a root folder 'snap,' containing a readme
file. In the readme it says 'the disk space consumed by the content
under this directory is minimal as the real snap content never leaves
the .snap file, Snaps are *mounted* rather than unpacked.' Sounds
sort of like like .AppImage files.

If anyone really understands Snap it might make a topic for a general
meeting talk.



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