VLC (org.videolan.VLC) not found in remote flathub

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Hello!

I’m having trouble installing VLC via Flatpak on Lubuntu 24.x.

Running the command flatpak install flathub org.videolan.VLC returns error: Nothing matches org.videolan.VLC in remote flathub.

I’ve also downloaded the .flatpakref from https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.videolan.VLC.flatpakref and when trying to install it I get: No such ref 'app/org.videolan.VLC/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub.

Are there any known issues with the VLC package at this time, or is there anything else I can do to successfully install VLC?

Thanks!

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It could be that you only have a subset of Flathub enabled. Flathub provides a subset which only contains open-source apps, or verified ones. Lately, some distributions, like Linux Mint, have changed to only enable the verified subset of Flathub by default. And VLC is currently not verified on Flathub.

To check, run this command:

flatpak remotes --columns=name,subset

If there happens to be the subset verified listed for the flathub remote, then that’s the reason VLC can’t be found for installation.

You can use this command to enable the full set of applications:

flatpak remote-modify --subset= flathub

For more information, see:

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That was helpful, thank you!

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