VLC Updating

[ccsshelpdesk]

Hi im trying to use the script here:
https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/third-party-products/files/988/vlc-downloadupdate-upgrading-to-version-3-0-3-and-above

to keep our VLC player up to date but the URL link is dead, does anyone know of a working download link that would work.

Cheers all

[Anonymous]

You can try replacing the URL in the script with: https://get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/

edit; you may need to edit the script as it calls out n-1 and this directory only has the latest version

[ccsshelpdesk]

Hi i have ended up using this script below and its working well, did try that url in the first script would download but wouldnt mount the image file.

This one is working:

!/bin/bash

mkdir /tmp/downloads
cd /tmp/downloads

Installing VLC Player
CurrentVLC=$(curl "http://get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/" | grep .dmg | grep -v webplugin | grep -v md5 | grep -v sha1 | grep -v sha256 | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F ">" '{print $2}' | tr -d "</a")

curl -L -o vlc.dmg http://get.videolan.org/vlc/last/macosx/$CurrentVLC
rm -rf /Applications/VLC.app

hdiutil mount -nobrowse vlc.dmg -mountpoint /Volumes/vlc
rsync -vaz /Volumes/vlc/VLC.app/ /Applications/VLC.app
sleep30
hdiutil unmount "/Volumes/vlc"
rm vlc.dmg

rm -rf /tmp/downloads*

See below for changes.

sleep 30 to allow the dmg to load completely.

rm - rf /Applications/VLC.app - which removes the Application before it is reloaded