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VLC Player downgrade assistance
When they first came up with this new, more complex version I was horrified by the portable .exe, so I went back to the previous version, and avoided updating it for ubuntu.
The other day I upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 (I've been putting it off for a while) and forgot that there was a new version of VLC. So now I'm kicking myself.
Long story short,
Anybody know the easiest way I can go about downgrading my VLC Player?
Last edited by supermelon928; November 5th, 2009 at 12:10 AM. Reason: needed a less offensive title
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what .exe file???
vlc runs native in ubuntu so no need for .exe files here
ubuntu 9.10 has released a few days ago, have a go with it instead
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
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Originally Posted by stinger30au
I'm talking about the portable version for Windows. I got it from PortableApps.com. Sorry I didn't really make that clear.
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thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but
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perhaps this may interest you
http://www.oldversion.com/VLC-Media-Player.html
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If someone asks you to sudo rm -rf anything, don't do it, and don't run any command with rm in it unless you know exactly what you're doing.things i have learnt changing from Xp pro to Ubuntu
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I'm afraid i already have an .exe that's old, I'm in need of the old version for ubuntu, but thanks! This site might come in handy
Consort! what, dost thou make us minstrels? an
thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but
discords: here's my fiddlestick; here's that shall
make you dance. 'Zounds, consort!
Ubuntu Cappuccino Scuro
Re: VLC Player downgrade assistance
I'm afraid i already have an .exe that's old, I'm in need of the old version for ubuntu, but thanks! This site might come in handy
hang on a tick
i asked what did you need the exe for and you said it was for windows, now you say its for ubuntu
make up yer mind will ya please
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If someone asks you to sudo rm -rf anything, don't do it, and don't run any command with rm in it unless you know exactly what you're doing.things i have learnt changing from Xp pro to Ubuntu
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Maybe he runs vlc in wine??? Like said before you can install vlc under Linux. Just sudo apt-get install vlc or use synaptic to install vlc. Its ridiculous to run vlc in wine when there's a native version.
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The vlc version that came with ubuntu 8.x was horrible with 2 separate windows.
However version 10 has a much cleaner and single window interface again. you may want to try that instead of downgrading:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html
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I'm sorry for my ambiguity. I have two computers, one with ubuntu for use at college (can't use it at home because it doesn't understand wifi) and one with Windows that I share with my family at home. At the time I was using a flashdrive for Firefox, Pidgin, and VLC, which I was getting from PortableApps.com.
When I found that the VLC from PortableApps had changed, I went back to the old version, and then, on my other computer (with ubuntu), avoided updating it.
Consort! what, dost thou make us minstrels? an
thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but
discords: here's my fiddlestick; here's that shall
make you dance. 'Zounds, consort!
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