VLC 3.0 has recently been released, but at this time Ubuntians can only install it via Snap. I installed Snap (sudo apt-get install snapd), and then VLC, but I got extremely strange results. Prior to this the version of VLC on my computer was 2.2.6 (Umbrella). Afterward I had both installed. Apparently Snap things are in a different world from apt-get things. I had working launch entries for both versions.
One of the things that I use VLC for just about every day is playing television from my HDHomeRun tuner. Unfortunately, starting the tuner invoked 2.2.6, not 3.0. So I uninstalled 2.2.6 (sudo apt-get remove vlc). It appeared in Synaptic as not installed. Now here's the weird part that makes no sense: The only version of VLC installed on the computer is 3.0, but when I open the HDHomeRun tuner and launch VLC, the About popup in VLC says that it is 2.2.6. But 2.2.6 is certainly not installed. Major head scratching. Ubuntu forums are no help. Does anyone have an idea about what is going on? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
