1.0.4 says it is 1.0.2 ?

[kombucha]

I have attempted to install 1.0.4 onto Karma K/9.10 several times, both from GetDeb/apturl, and also with dpkg using the vlc-nox_1.0.4-1~getdeb1_amd64.deb package.

Each time, vlc --version says this:

VLC media player 1.0.2 Goldeneye
VLC version 1.0.2 Goldeneye
Compiled by buildd@yellow.buildd
Compiler: gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8)
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.

I tried upgrading, tried dist-upgrade, removed, purged and otherwise tried to figure out why 1.0.4 thinks it is 1.0.2 to no avail., and would appreciate any insight that could be gleaned here.

~kombucha

I've also poked around videolan.org, and though I have uncovered a ridiculous amount of cruft, broken links and information that is out of date by years, I am still at a loss to explain this...

[mc2man]

Never used getdeb but it would certainly appear you haven't added it your sources properly so all you're doing is re-installing the karmic repo version (search vlc on synaptic and see what the avail. ver. is

Compiled by buildd@yellow.buildd

Possibly have a read
http://www.getdeb.net/updates/ubuntu/9.10/

[xtophe]

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dpkg -l "*vlc*"

Should show the reason of the problem