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=== appimage ===As a perhaps better alternative to SNAP is the appimage option.* https://appimage.github.io/VLC/If you are replacing the Debain/Ubuntu/Mint installed VLC from apt you can, as an option, leave the APT version on the system then ad the appimage and do the following (as an example): sudo mv /usr/bin/vlc /usr/bin/vlc.bak sudo ln -s /home/nicolep/VLC_media_player-3.0.11.1-x86_64.AppImage /usr/bin/vlcAssuming that you placed the AppImage in your home directory. Simply substitute the path with your own home directory or wherever you saved VLC_media_player-3.0.11.1-x86_64.AppImage and the specific filename of your VLC AppImage version .== Related ===== satip error: Failed to setup RTSP session ===Unable to play any rtsp Streams Mint, Ubuntu, Debian builds of vlc. According to the nerds at Debian, "Please note that Debian VLC builds do not support RTSP by Debian policy decision. ."Debian dev's basically say "screw you" to people that monitor rtsp cctv streams with vlc. Not recommended to follow suggestions on using Flatpak and Snap. Those are bloatware rubbish. Appimage isn't ideal either however it is a better option than [[Flathub]] and Snap. If you choose to install the appimage see above for details. it looks like every program (mplayer, ffplay, vlc ... ) which was build for Debian has removed the rtsp-Streaming ability.I could not find information why they have removed this function. " We had to disable those plugins as liblivemedia constains non-free code. See #981439. Maybe that's wort a NEWS entry anda note in the release-notes." To compile yourself: The configure flag is --enable-live555. alternatives: mpv player (apt install mpv), ffplay, == Related ==* [[Multimedia Audio and Video in Linux]]* [[RIP and Transcode a DVD in Linux]]