Unable to save subtitles on Linux due to cache folder missing

Unable to save subtitles on Linux. After installing VLC on linux and trying to download subtitles using VLsub an error is shown: "Error: Unable to save subtitles Click here to open the file" with a link to download from opensubtitles.org. Here is an image:

I've personally tested this in Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.10 and in Lubuntu 19.10, but there are many reports in other distros here: https://github.com/exebetche/vlsub/issues/213 along with over 70 other reports dating back to may 2018. The workaround is:

mkdir ~/snap/vlc/common/.cache/vlc

in snap installations, and:

mkdir ~/.cache/vlc

in apt installations. In Windows it works correctly. I have only tested up to VLC 3.0.8 because I'm unable to install 4.0 in my system. Thanks in advance for your help.

Edited Jul 30, 2020 by Pierre Ynard

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