[PLUG] VLC 3.0

Nat Taylor bioborg at gmail.com
Sun Feb 11 02:46:14 UTC 2018


snap includes all the dependencies in the .snap, I believe.  Like an app on
osx

On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 4:04 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> 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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