vlc with kali linux

[wizardofheinz]

Which linux version VLC would work best with KALI LINUX?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

The only supported VLC version on any desktop system is the latest one (as of today, 3.0.4).

[wizardofheinz]

Thanks Remi for you response, but based on it, I phrased my question improperly. I was trying to determine which 'flavor' of LINUX would work best. The downloads offer 10 LINUXes: Debian, Ubuntu, Mint ,etc. Is any one of the 10 better for KALI LINUX?

[Scorpion2185]

You can build it https://github.com/videolan/vlc.
On kali by default you use the root user so when you run ./configure use the flag

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--enable-run-as-root

On debian 9 I did it for the same reason (to run it as root) but I can use only the cli, normally you should have everything https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=147154.